TieredQ: Space Efficient Vector Quantization (Beating RaBitQ and TurboQuant)
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TieredQ is a vector quantization algorithm that applies PCA, then greedily assigns between 0 and 8 (up to 12 with fine tiers) bits per principal dimension according to variance, followed by per-dimension scalar quantization.