Vector Database Optimization for Semantic Search
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Vector Database Optimization for Semantic Search

Build efficient vector databases for AI embedding search. HNSW, IVF, product quantization.

By Dr. Alan Changvector databasesemantic searchembeddings

Vector Database Optimization

Vector DBs power semantic search, RAG, and AI memory. Optimize for billion-scale embedding search.

Implementation

```python import faiss import numpy as np

Index for billion vectors

d = 768 # Embedding dimension index = faiss.IndexHNSWFlat(d, 32) # HNSW with 32 neighbors

Add vectors

embeddings = np.random.random((1_000_000, d)).astype('float32') index.add(embeddings)

Search

query = np.random.random((1, d)).astype('float32') D, I = index.search(query, k=10) # Top 10 nearest neighbors ``` Performance: Sub-millisecond search in billion-vector DB Tools: Pinecone, Milvus, Weaviate

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