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docs(ruvllm): add TurboQuant KV-cache compression to crate README
- Add TurboQuant to key features table (6-8x memory reduction) - Add v2.5 section with TurboQuant, embedding store, H2O/PyramidKV eviction - Add full TurboQuant usage section with code examples and compression table - Update version references from 2.0/2.3 to 2.1 Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net>
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| **SONA three-tier learning** | Adapts to your queries at three speeds: instant (<1 ms), background (~100 ms), deep (minutes) | Responses improve automatically without manual retraining |
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| **Metal + CUDA + ANE** | Hardware-accelerated inference across Apple Silicon, NVIDIA GPUs, and Apple Neural Engine | Get the most out of whatever hardware you have |
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| **TurboQuant KV-Cache** | 2-4 bit asymmetric per-channel quantization with H2O/PyramidKV eviction | 6-8x memory reduction, <0.5% quality loss |
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| **Flash Attention 2** | Memory-efficient attention with O(N) complexity and online softmax | Longer contexts with less memory |
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| **GGUF memory mapping** | Memory-mapped model loading with quantization (Q4K, Q8, FP16) | Load large models fast, use 4-8x less RAM |
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| **Speculative decoding** | Draft model generates candidates, target model verifies in parallel | 2-3x faster text generation |
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```toml
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[dependencies]
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# Recommended for Apple Silicon Mac
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ruvllm = { version = "2.0", features = ["inference-metal", "coreml", "parallel"] }
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ruvllm = { version = "2.1", features = ["inference-metal", "coreml", "parallel"] }
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# For NVIDIA GPUs
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ruvllm = { version = "2.0", features = ["inference-cuda", "parallel"] }
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ruvllm = { version = "2.1", features = ["inference-cuda", "parallel"] }
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# Minimal (CPU only)
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ruvllm = { version = "2.0" }
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ruvllm = { version = "2.1" }
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Or install the npm package:
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npm install @ruvector/ruvllm
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## What's New in v2.3
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## What's New in v2.5
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| Feature | Description | Benefit |
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| **TurboQuant** | 2-4 bit asymmetric per-channel KV-cache quantization | 6-8x memory reduction, <0.5% perplexity loss |
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| **TurboQuant Embedding Store** | Quantized vector storage with asymmetric inner product search | 10-30x memory savings for embeddings |
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| **H2O / PyramidKV Eviction** | Intelligent cache eviction based on attention scores | Keep most important tokens in long-context |
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| **Optimized Inner Product** | Compute distances directly on quantized data | 2-4x faster search, skip decompression |
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### Previous: v2.3
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| Feature | Description | Benefit |
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## TurboQuant KV-Cache Compression
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Aggressive quantization for long-context inference:
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```rust
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use ruvllm::quantize::turbo_quant::{
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TurboQuantCompressor, TurboQuantConfig, TurboQuantBits,
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TurboQuantCacheTier, TurboQuantEmbeddingStore,
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};
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// Compress KV-cache entries at 3-bit (10.7x compression)
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let config = TurboQuantConfig {
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bits: TurboQuantBits::Bit3_5,
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use_qjl: true, // Random projection for better quality
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..Default::default()
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};
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let compressor = TurboQuantCompressor::new(config)?;
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// Compress a batch of KV vectors
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let keys: Vec<&[f32]> = kv_pairs.iter().map(|p| p.key.as_slice()).collect();
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let compressed = compressor.compress_batch(&keys)?;
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println!("Compression: {:.1}x", compressed.compression_ratio());
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// Asymmetric inner product — no decompression needed
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let scores = compressor.inner_product_batch_optimized(
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&query_vector, &compressed
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)?;
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// TurboQuant KV-Cache Tier with eviction
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let mut cache = TurboQuantCacheTier::new(config)?;
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cache.push(&keys_f32, &values_f32, position)?;
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let stats = cache.stats();
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println!("Memory: {} bytes, Entries: {}", stats.memory_bytes, stats.num_entries);
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// Quantized embedding store with search
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let mut store = TurboQuantEmbeddingStore::new(dim, config)?;
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store.build_from_batch(&embeddings, &ids)?;
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let results = store.search(&query, top_k)?; // Returns (id, score) pairs
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```
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| Bits | Compression | Perplexity Loss | Best For |
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|------|-------------|-----------------|----------|
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| 2-bit | 32x | ~2% | Edge devices, maximum compression |
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| 3-bit | 10.7x | <1% | Balanced — recommended default |
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| 4-bit | 8x | <0.5% | High quality, long-context |
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| 8-bit | 4x | ~0% | Baseline quantization |
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## Continuous Batching
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High-throughput serving with dynamic batching:
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```toml
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# Enable mistral-rs (when available on crates.io)
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ruvllm = { version = "2.3", features = ["mistral-rs"] }
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ruvllm = { version = "2.1", features = ["mistral-rs"] }
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ruvllm = { version = "2.3", features = ["mistral-rs-metal"] }
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ruvllm = { version = "2.1", features = ["mistral-rs-metal"] }
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ruvllm = { version = "2.3", features = ["mistral-rs-cuda"] }
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ruvllm = { version = "2.1", features = ["mistral-rs-cuda"] }
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See [ADR-008: mistral-rs Integration](../../docs/adr/ADR-008-mistral-rs-integration.md) for detailed architecture decisions.

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