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Multi-vector embeddings are incredibly powerful, but they come at a cost. They're memory hungry and can slow down your searches. For example, a standard single-vector embedding (1536 dimensions) uses ~6kB of memory, while a multi-vector embedding (64 vectors x 96 dimensions) consumes 25kB - over 4 times more! That's where MUVERA comes in (Multi-Vector Retrieval via Fixed Dimensional Encodings). It tackles the higher memory usage and slower processing times of multi-vector embeddings by encoding them into single, fixed-dimensional vectors. This process aims to approximate the similarity of multi-vector embeddings while reducing the number of vectors that need to be managed. This leads to reduced memory usage and faster operations compared to traditional multi-vector approaches. Join our Weaviate 1.31 Release Highlights session to see MUVERA in action and learn how it can make your multi-vector searches both powerful AND efficient! https://lnkd.in/e4v-M-nF We are excited to see you there 💚🤗

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