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Faiss 1.15.0 adds a Metal IVF-PQ index, EDEN quantizer indexes, and a cuVS IVF-SQ backend

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Meta's Faiss project published version 1.15.0 on GitHub on August 3, 2026; the changelog in the release dates the version July 31, 2026. Additions listed in the notes include MetalIndexIVFPQ with product quantization and residual encoding, EDEN quantizer indexes, a cuVS IVF-SQ backend, multi-GPU CAGRA-to-HNSW builds, memory-mapped I/O for Flat and static Vamana SVS indices, and RISC-V RVV distance and RaBitQ kernels. The notes also list faiss-gpu-cuvs pip wheel packaging and optimizations to RaBitQ fast scan and HNSW search. USASI has not tested these changes.1

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    Faiss v1.15.0 (GitHub release notes) (external site: github.com)

    Meta (facebookresearch on GitHub) · Release notes · published Aug 3, 2026 · accessed Oct 13, 2026

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USASI. (2026, October 13). Faiss 1.15.0 adds a Metal IVF-PQ index, EDEN quantizer indexes, and a cuVS IVF-SQ backend. United States of America Superintelligence. https://unitedstatesofamericasuperintelligence.com/news/faiss-1-15-0-released/

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@misc{usasi_news_faiss_1_15_0_released,
  author = {{USASI}},
  title = {Faiss 1.15.0 adds a Metal IVF-PQ index, EDEN quantizer indexes, and a cuVS IVF-SQ backend},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  howpublished = {\url{https://unitedstatesofamericasuperintelligence.com/news/faiss-1-15-0-released/}},
  note = {United States of America Superintelligence. Last updated 2026-10-13}
}

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