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title: "The Art of Efficient Search: Scalar Quantization and Vectors"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-art-of-efficient-search-scalar-quantization-and-vectors-1pl4ef5yz
source_url: https://medium.com/snowflake/the-art-of-efficient-search-scalar-quantization-and-vectors-f912fd2e9bb7
type: article
source: "Snowflake Community"
published: 2024-04-22T15:53:58.254Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:13:33.132Z
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# The Art of Efficient Search: Scalar Quantization and Vectors

**[Snowflake Community](https://daily.dev/sources/snowflake_comm)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

This post discusses compression techniques for efficient embedding search, focusing on scalar quantization, which reduces the size of vectors without significant loss in search quality. It explores the benefits of quantization in terms of reduced memory usage and improved search speed.

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