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    Product Quantization Compression

    Lossy vector compression dividing vectors into subvectors for independent quantization. Achieves 8-64x storage reduction while enabling fast approximate distance computation via lookup tables.

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    Overview

    Product Quantization (PQ) compresses vectors by splitting them into subvectors and quantizing each segment independently, dramatically reducing memory footprint.

    Process

    1. Divide vector into m subvectors
    2. Cluster each subvector space (k-means)
    3. Replace subvectors with centroid IDs
    4. Store compressed codes + codebooks
    5. Approximate distances using precomputed tables

    Compression

    • 8-64x reduction typical
    • Configurable via m and k parameters
    • Tradeoff with accuracy

    Variants

    • OPQ: Optimized with rotation
    • IVFPQ: Combined with IVF
    • HNSW-PQ: Graph index with compression

    Used In

    • FAISS
    • Milvus
    • ScaNN
    • LanceDB

    Pricing

    Open technique.

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    Information

    Websitecybergarden.au
    PublishedMar 11, 2026

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