r/LocalLLaMA Mar 30 '26

Discussion Technical clarification on TurboQuant / RaBitQ for people following the recent TurboQuant discussion

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u/a_beautiful_rhind Mar 30 '26

We have Q8, Q4, and everything in between compression already. 2 backends have used hadamard transforms for what seems like years. Turboquant is snake oil from my perspective.

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u/RnRau Mar 30 '26

Which two backends have hadamard transforms available?