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Sparse index posting data: BM25 exact matches, SPLADE transformer-expanded matches. Storage layout just changed from document-range blocks t…
Sparse index posting data: BM25 exact matches, SPLADE transformer-expanded matches. Storage layout just changed from document-range blocks to term blocks. A query now loads only the blocks for the ter
Sparse index posting data: BM25 exact matches, SPLADE transformer-expanded matches. Storage layout just changed from document-range blocks to term blocks. A query now loads only the blocks for the terms it contains. BM25: 715ms to 6ms. SPLADE: 3.4s to 128ms. Recall unchanged. https://www.pinecone.io/blog/sparse-v3/
Source: Pinecone (X) | 2026-07-09