KIOXIA AiSAQ™ technology integrated into Milvus vector database

KIOXIA Europe today announced that its KIOXIA AiSAQ™, which is Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search (ANNS) software technology, has been integrated into the open-source vector database Milvus beginning with version v2.6.4. With this integration, Milvus users can take full advantage of AiSAQ SSD-optimized vector search capabilities, providing developers and enterprises with a practical and cost-efficient path to scaling AI applications without facing the difficulty of scaling DRAM memory size typically associated with large-scale vector search.

"The AI industry is shifting from building massive foundation models to deploying scalable, cost-effective inference solutions that address real-world challenges. RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) is central to this transition, and AiSAQ technology was developed to help the community leverage SSD-based vector architectures," explains Axel Störmann, VP & Chief Technology Officer at KIOXIA Europe GmbH. "Its integration into the Milvus ecosystem enhances ease of adoption within the open-source community and supports developers building faster, more efficient AI applications."

First announced earlier this year, AiSAQ is an open-source software technology designed to dramatically improve vector scalability by storing all RAG-related database elements on SSDs^[1]. As DRAM scalability has become a critical bottleneck for high-volume inference and RAG workloads, AiSAQ technology provides a breakthrough by sharply reducing DRAM requirements while maintaining high-quality vector search accuracy.

With AiSAQ technology now integrated into Milvus, KIOXIA and the open-source community are enabling a new class of scalable, cost-efficient vector search solutions designed to meet the rapidly growing demands of modern AI applications.

Please follow the link to download KIOXIA AiSAQ open-source software:
https://github.com/kioxia-jp/aisaq-diskann

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About KIOXIA

KIOXIA is a world leader in memory solutions, dedicated to the development, production and sale of flash memory and solid-state drives (SSDs). In April 2017, its predecessor Toshiba Memory was spun off from Toshiba Corporation, the company that invented NAND flash memory in 1987. KIOXIA is committed to uplifting the world with "memory" by offering products, services and systems that create choice for customers and memory-based value for society. KIOXIA's innovative 3D flash memory technology, BiCS FLASH™, is shaping the future of storage in high-density applications, including advanced smartphones, PCs, automotive systems, data centers and generative AI systems.