velesdb_core/quantization/binary.rs
1//! Binary quantization (1-bit per dimension) for extreme memory reduction.
2//!
3//! Each f32 value is converted to 1 bit: >= 0.0 becomes 1, < 0.0 becomes 0.
4//! This provides **32x memory reduction** compared to f32 storage.
5
6use std::io;
7
8use super::QuantizationCodec;
9
10/// A binary quantized vector using 1-bit per dimension.
11///
12/// Each f32 value is converted to 1 bit: >= 0.0 becomes 1, < 0.0 becomes 0.
13/// This provides **32x memory reduction** compared to f32 storage.
14///
15/// # Memory Usage
16///
17/// | Dimension | f32 | Binary |
18/// |-----------|-----|--------|
19/// | 768 | 3072 bytes | 96 bytes |
20/// | 1536 | 6144 bytes | 192 bytes |
21///
22/// # Use with Rescoring
23///
24/// For best accuracy, use binary search for candidate selection,
25/// then rescore top candidates with full-precision vectors.
26#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
27pub struct BinaryQuantizedVector {
28 /// Binary data (1 bit per dimension, packed into bytes).
29 pub data: Vec<u8>,
30 /// Original dimension of the vector.
31 dimension: usize,
32}
33
34impl BinaryQuantizedVector {
35 /// Creates a new binary quantized vector from f32 data.
36 ///
37 /// Values >= 0.0 become 1, values < 0.0 become 0.
38 ///
39 /// # Arguments
40 ///
41 /// * `vector` - The original f32 vector to quantize
42 ///
43 /// # Panics
44 ///
45 /// Panics if the vector is empty.
46 #[must_use]
47 pub fn from_f32(vector: &[f32]) -> Self {
48 assert!(!vector.is_empty(), "Cannot quantize empty vector");
49
50 let dimension = vector.len();
51 // Calculate number of bytes needed: ceil(dimension / 8)
52 let num_bytes = dimension.div_ceil(8);
53 let mut data = vec![0u8; num_bytes];
54
55 for (i, &value) in vector.iter().enumerate() {
56 if value >= 0.0 {
57 // Set bit i in the packed byte array
58 let byte_idx = i / 8;
59 let bit_idx = i % 8;
60 data[byte_idx] |= 1 << bit_idx;
61 }
62 }
63
64 Self { data, dimension }
65 }
66
67 /// Returns the dimension of the original vector.
68 #[must_use]
69 pub fn dimension(&self) -> usize {
70 self.dimension
71 }
72
73 /// Returns the memory size in bytes.
74 #[must_use]
75 pub fn memory_size(&self) -> usize {
76 self.data.len()
77 }
78
79 /// Returns the individual bits as a boolean vector.
80 ///
81 /// Useful for debugging and testing.
82 #[must_use]
83 pub fn get_bits(&self) -> Vec<bool> {
84 (0..self.dimension)
85 .map(|i| {
86 let byte_idx = i / 8;
87 let bit_idx = i % 8;
88 (self.data[byte_idx] >> bit_idx) & 1 == 1
89 })
90 .collect()
91 }
92
93 /// Computes the Hamming distance to another binary vector.
94 ///
95 /// Hamming distance counts the number of bits that differ.
96 /// Uses POPCNT for fast bit counting.
97 ///
98 /// # Panics
99 ///
100 /// Panics if the vectors have different dimensions.
101 #[must_use]
102 pub fn hamming_distance(&self, other: &Self) -> u32 {
103 debug_assert_eq!(
104 self.dimension, other.dimension,
105 "Dimension mismatch in hamming_distance"
106 );
107
108 // XOR bytes and count differing bits using POPCNT
109 self.data
110 .iter()
111 .zip(other.data.iter())
112 .map(|(&a, &b)| (a ^ b).count_ones())
113 .sum()
114 }
115
116 /// Computes normalized Hamming similarity (0.0 to 1.0).
117 ///
118 /// Returns 1.0 for identical vectors, 0.0 for completely different.
119 #[must_use]
120 #[allow(clippy::cast_precision_loss)]
121 pub fn hamming_similarity(&self, other: &Self) -> f32 {
122 let distance = self.hamming_distance(other);
123 1.0 - (distance as f32 / self.dimension as f32)
124 }
125}
126
127impl QuantizationCodec for BinaryQuantizedVector {
128 /// # Panics
129 ///
130 /// Panics if dimension exceeds `u32::MAX` (4,294,967,295).
131 fn to_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
132 assert!(
133 u32::try_from(self.dimension).is_ok(),
134 "BinaryQuantizedVector dimension {} exceeds u32::MAX for serialization",
135 self.dimension
136 );
137
138 let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(4 + self.data.len());
139 // Store dimension as u32 (4 bytes)
140 // SAFETY: dimension validated above to fit in u32
141 #[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
142 bytes.extend_from_slice(&(self.dimension as u32).to_le_bytes());
143 bytes.extend_from_slice(&self.data);
144 bytes
145 }
146
147 fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> io::Result<Self> {
148 if bytes.len() < 4 {
149 return Err(io::Error::new(
150 io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
151 "Not enough bytes for BinaryQuantizedVector header",
152 ));
153 }
154
155 #[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
156 let dimension = u32::from_le_bytes([bytes[0], bytes[1], bytes[2], bytes[3]]) as usize;
157 let expected_data_len = dimension.div_ceil(8);
158
159 if bytes.len() < 4 + expected_data_len {
160 return Err(io::Error::new(
161 io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
162 format!(
163 "Not enough bytes for BinaryQuantizedVector data: expected {}, got {}",
164 4 + expected_data_len,
165 bytes.len()
166 ),
167 ));
168 }
169
170 let data = bytes[4..4 + expected_data_len].to_vec();
171
172 Ok(Self { data, dimension })
173 }
174}