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.
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Google’s TurboQuant Algorithm Slashes LLM Memory Use by 6x

Google has published TurboQuant, a KV cache compression algorithm that cuts LLM memory usage by 6x with zero accuracy loss, ...
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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 hours of the announcement.
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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 paper, TurboQuant is an advanced compression algorithm that’s going viral over ...
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MU, WDC, SNDK fall: Why Google’s TurboQuant is rattling memory stocks

Memory stocks fell Wednesday despite broader technology sector strength, with shares dropping after Google unveiled TurboQuant, a new compression algorithm that could reduce memory requirements for AI ...
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Google's TurboQuant reduces AI LLM cache memory capacity requirements by at least six times

The algorithm achieves up to an eight-times performance boost over unquantized keys on Nvidia H100 GPUs.