RAG on Snapdragon X2 Laptop, 200K documents.
Summary
VecML demonstrates its AI-PC software running RAG on 200K documents using the new Snapdragon X2 laptop, achieving low-token and low-memory retrieval. The software integrates multiple database functions into one platform, and controlled testing for macOS is now open.
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