Google researchers have published a new quantization technique called TurboQuant that compresses the key-value (KV) cache in large language models to 3.5 bits per channel, cutting memory consumption ...
Running a large language model is expensive, and a surprising amount of that cost comes down to memory, not computation.
Google AI breakthrough TurboQuant reduces KV cache memory 6x, improving chatbot efficiency, enabling longer context and faster real-time AI inference.
Enterprise AI applications that handle large documents or long-horizon tasks face a severe memory bottleneck. As the context grows longer, so does the KV cache, the area where the model’s working ...
TurboQuant cuts KV-cache needs by at least 6x for HBM/DRAM during AI inference, but it does not reduce persistent SSD storage demand. Therefore, Sandisk Corporation’s NAND thesis remains intact. The ...