Google’s TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x

Google Research recently revealed TurboQuant, a compression algorithm that reduces the memory footprint of large language ...

Google reveals algorithms to address AI memory challenges; memory and storage stocks drop

Google (GOOG)(GOOGL) revealed a set of new algorithms today designed to reduce the amount of memory needed to run large language models and vector search engines. Shares of major memory and storage ...
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Facebook open sources Zstandard data compression algorithm, aims to replace technology behind Zip

Facebook is open sourcing a new compression algorithm called Zstandard that aims to replace the common technology behind the Zip file format. The most common algorithm behind the Zip file format is ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft open sources its data compression algorithm and hardware for the cloud

The amount of data that the big cloud computing providers now store is staggering, so it’s no surprise that most store all of this information as compressed data in some form or another — just like ...
The Next Web

Google’s new compression algorithm cut memory stocks within hours of publication

Google's TurboQuant algorithm compresses LLM key-value caches to 3 bits with no accuracy loss. Memory stocks fell within ...
SDxCentral

TurboQuant: Did Google just drop a compression algorithm capable of stemming RAMageddon?

Google thinks it's found the answer, and it doesn't require more or better hardware. Originally detailed in an April 2025 ...
CNET

Google compression algorithm Zopfli may lead to faster Internet

Algorithm promises faster data transfer speeds and reduced Web page load times by compressing content up to 8 percent smaller than zlib. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been ...
TechSpot

Chrome and Firefox are about to get a lot faster thanks to Google's new data compression algorithm

Google Chrome is about to get a lot faster, all thanks to a new algorithm called Brotli. Revealed by Google in September last year, the data compression algorithm is said to be 20 to 26 percent more ...
Nature

Suffix Array Construction and Data Compression Algorithms

Suffix arrays serve as a fundamental tool in string processing by indexing all suffixes of a text in lexicographical order, thereby facilitating fast pattern searches, text retrieval, and genome ...
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Brotli achieves 20-26% better compression rates when compared to Zopfli, Google's previous data compression algorithm

Google has just launched Brotli, a data compression algorithm specifically created to be used on the Web, allowing developers to better compress their content while storing it, or moving it from one ...
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WiMi Proposed Cloud Computing-based Holographic Data Compression Algorithm

BEIJING, Sept. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (WIMI) ("WiMi" or the "Company"), a leading global Hologram Augmented Reality ("AR") Technology provider, today announced that a cloud ...
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Testing space-grade processors for data compression

Efficient data compression and transmission are crucial in space missions due to restricted resources, such as bandwidth and storage capacity. This requires efficient data-compression methods that ...