Tag:vector search

Articles tagged "vector search".

• 31 MIN READ•Oct 27, 2026

  Storing Quantized Embeddings in Apache Iceberg: Scalar 8-Bit Codes vs Product Quantization

  How SQ8 and product quantization shrink Iceberg embedding columns 4x to 64x, how to store codes and codebooks, and what breaks.

  Apache Icebergembeddingsquantization
• 31 MIN READ•Sep 21, 2026

  Vector Search Directly Over Iceberg Tables, and When You Still Need a Vector Database

  Embeddings are just columns. When exact vector search over Iceberg scans beats a vector database, when it does not, and how to lay out tables.

  Vector SearchApache IcebergRAG