CNX Software

Reminder: enable ZRAM on your Linux system to optimize RAM usage (and potentially save money)

With the price of RAM getting out of control, it might be a good idea to remind Linux users to enable ZRAM so they can get ...
Opinion
TV TechOpinion

AI and Next-Generation Codecs are Reshaping Encoding Innovation

Service providers must optimize three compression variables simultaneously: video quality, bitrate efficiency/processing power and latency ...
Tech Xplore

Compression technique makes AI models leaner and faster while they're still learning

Training a large artificial intelligence model is expensive, not just in dollars, but in time, energy, and computational ...
Hackaday

TurboQuant: Reducing LLM Memory Usage With Vector Quantization

Large language models (LLMs) aren’t actually giant computer brains. Instead, they are massive vector spaces in which the ...
Digi Times

In-depth: Google TurboQuant cuts LLM memory 6x, resets AI inference cost curve

Google has introduced TurboQuant, a compression algorithm that reduces large language model (LLM) memory usage by at least 6x while boosting performance, targeting one of AI's most persistent ...
Android

This Google AI Breakthrough Could End the Global RAM Crisis Sooner Than Expected

Google has unveiled TurboQuant, a new AI compression algorithm that can reduce the RAM requirements for large language models by 6x. By optimizing how AI stores data through a method called ...
Mashable

Google AI breakthrough shows why we don't need more data centers

We have seen the future of AI via Large Language Models. And it's smaller than you think. That much was clear in 2025, when we first saw China's DeepSeek — a slimmer, lighter LLM that required way ...
TechSpot

Google's TurboQuant compression tech cuts LLM memory use by 6x with no accuracy loss

The big picture: Google has developed three AI compression algorithms – TurboQuant, PolarQuant, and Quantized Johnson-Lindenstrauss – designed to significantly reduce the memory footprint of large ...
Forbes

Google’s TurboQuant Compression Could Increase Demand For AI Memory

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. On March 24, 2026 Amir Zandieh and Vahab Mirrokni from Google Research published an article ...
The Verge

Google’s TurboQuant algorithm aims to slash AI memory usage.

The compression algorithm works by shrinking the data stored by large language models, with Google’s research finding that it can reduce memory usage by at least six times “with zero accuracy loss.” ...

Google's new TurboQuant algorithm speeds up AI memory 8x, cutting costs by 50% or more

Within 24 hours of the release, community members began porting the algorithm to popular local AI libraries like MLX for Apple Silicon and llama.cpp.
The Next Web

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

Google published a research blog post on Tuesday about a new compression algorithm for AI models. Within hours, memory stocks were falling. Micron dropped 3 per cent, Western Digital lost 4.7 per cent ...