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You can now use the AlloyDB Columnar Engine as a read-optimized, in-memory cache for HNSW vector indexes
Mon, September 21, 2026
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You can now use the AlloyDB Columnar Engine as a read-optimized, in-memory cache for HNSW vector indexes. This feature is generally available ( GA ). It accelerates vector search performance and increases queries per second (QPS) for vector.
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