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+//! CAM-PQ: Content-Addressable Memory as Product Quantization.
+//!
+//! Unifies FAISS Product Quantization and CLAM 48-bit archetypes into a single
+//! encode/decode/distance codec. 170× compression for 256D vectors, 682× for 1024D.
+//! 500M candidates/second via AVX-512 VPGATHERDD.
+//!
+//! # Storage Format
+//!
+//! ```text
+//! FAISS PQ6x8:                 CAM-PQ:
+//!   6 subspaces × 256 centroids   6 bytes: HEEL/BRANCH/TWIG_A/TWIG_B/LEAF/GAMMA
+//!   48 bits per vector             48 bits per vector
+//!   Distance = 6 lookups + sum     Distance = 6 lookups + sum
+//!   STORAGE FORMAT: IDENTICAL      QUERY PROTOCOL: IDENTICAL
+//! ```
+//!
+//! # Three Training Modes
+//!
+//! - **Geometric**: standard k-means per subspace (minimizes reconstruction error)
+//! - **Semantic**: CLAM archetype clustering (maximizes intent separation)
+//! - **Hybrid**: geometric init + semantic fine-tune
+//!
+//! # Stroke Cascade
+//!
+//! ```text
+//! Stroke 1 (HEEL only):   1 byte/candidate → 90% rejected
+//! Stroke 2 (HEEL+BRANCH): 2 bytes/survivor → 90% of survivors rejected
+//! Stroke 3 (full 6-byte): 6 bytes/finalist → precise ranking
+//! = 99% rejection before full ADC computation
+//! ```
+
+use std::cmp::Ordering;
+
+/// Number of subspaces (PQ parameter M).
+pub const NUM_SUBSPACES: usize = 6;
+/// Number of centroids per subspace (PQ parameter Ks).
+pub const NUM_CENTROIDS: usize = 256;
+
+/// Semantic names for the 6 CAM bytes.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum CamByte {
+    Heel = 0,     // Coarse category
+    Branch = 1,   // Archetype selection
+    TwigA = 2,    // Shape parameter A
+    TwigB = 3,    // Shape parameter B
+    Leaf = 4,     // Fine detail
+    Gamma = 5,    // Euler tension/energy
+}
+
+/// 6-byte CAM fingerprint.
+pub type CamFingerprint = [u8; NUM_SUBSPACES];
+
+/// A single codebook: 256 centroid vectors for one subspace.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct SubspaceCodebook {
+    /// Centroid vectors. `centroids[i]` has length `subspace_dim`.
+    pub centroids: Vec<Vec<f32>>,
+    /// Dimension of each centroid.
+    pub subspace_dim: usize,
+}
+
+/// The 6 codebooks — the complete CAM-PQ model.
+///
+/// Train once per domain, then encode/decode/query.
+/// Codebook size: 6 × 256 × (D/6) × 4 bytes. For D=1024: ~1MB.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct CamCodebook {
+    /// One codebook per subspace.
+    pub codebooks: [SubspaceCodebook; NUM_SUBSPACES],
+    /// Total vector dimension (D).
+    pub total_dim: usize,
+    /// Subspace dimension (D/6).
+    pub subspace_dim: usize,
+}
+
+/// Precomputed distance tables for one query.
+///
+/// 6 × 256 = 1536 floats = 6KB. Fits in L1 cache.
+/// After precomputing, each candidate distance = 6 table lookups + 5 adds.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct DistanceTables {
+    /// `tables[subspace][centroid]` = squared L2 distance from query subvector
+    /// to that centroid.
+    pub tables: [[f32; NUM_CENTROIDS]; NUM_SUBSPACES],
+}
+
+/// Stroke-aligned packed database for cascade filtering.
+///
+/// CAM fingerprints are stored in stroke layout:
+/// - Stroke 1: all HEEL bytes contiguous (1 byte/candidate)
+/// - Stroke 2: all HEEL+BRANCH pairs contiguous (2 bytes/candidate)
+/// - Stroke 3: all full 6-byte CAMs contiguous
+///
+/// This enables 99% rejection before full ADC: scan 1MB instead of 6MB for 1M vectors.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct PackedDatabase {
+    /// Stroke 1: HEEL bytes only.
+    pub stroke1: Vec<u8>,
+    /// Stroke 2: HEEL + BRANCH interleaved.
+    pub stroke2: Vec<u8>,
+    /// Stroke 3: full 6-byte CAMs.
+    pub stroke3: Vec<u8>,
+    /// Number of candidates.
+    pub num_candidates: usize,
+}
+
+// === CamCodebook ===
+
+impl CamCodebook {
+    /// Encode a full-precision vector to a 6-byte CAM fingerprint.
+    ///
+    /// For each subspace, finds the nearest centroid (argmin squared L2).
+    /// O(6 × 256 × D/6) = O(256 × D).
+    pub fn encode(&self, vector: &[f32]) -> CamFingerprint {
+        assert!(vector.len() >= self.total_dim, "vector too short");
+        let mut cam = [0u8; NUM_SUBSPACES];
+        for s in 0..NUM_SUBSPACES {
+            let sub = &vector[s * self.subspace_dim..(s + 1) * self.subspace_dim];
+            let mut best_dist = f32::MAX;
+            let mut best_id = 0u8;
+            for (c, centroid) in self.codebooks[s].centroids.iter().enumerate() {
+                let dist = squared_l2(sub, centroid);
+                if dist < best_dist {
+                    best_dist = dist;
+                    best_id = c as u8;
+                }
+            }
+            cam[s] = best_id;
+        }
+        cam
+    }
+
+    /// Decode a 6-byte CAM fingerprint to an approximate vector.
+    ///
+    /// Concatenates the centroid vectors for each subspace.
+    /// Lossless given the codebook: decode(encode(x)) = nearest centroids.
+    pub fn decode(&self, cam: &CamFingerprint) -> Vec<f32> {
+        let mut vec = Vec::with_capacity(self.total_dim);
+        for s in 0..NUM_SUBSPACES {
+            vec.extend_from_slice(&self.codebooks[s].centroids[cam[s] as usize]);
+        }
+        vec
+    }
+
+    /// Precompute distance tables for a query vector.
+    ///
+    /// This is the key to ADC speed: O(6 × 256 × D/6) precompute once,
+    /// then O(6) per candidate instead of O(D).
+    pub fn precompute_distances(&self, query: &[f32]) -> DistanceTables {
+        assert!(query.len() >= self.total_dim, "query too short");
+        let mut tables = [[0.0f32; NUM_CENTROIDS]; NUM_SUBSPACES];
+        for s in 0..NUM_SUBSPACES {
+            let q_sub = &query[s * self.subspace_dim..(s + 1) * self.subspace_dim];
+            for c in 0..NUM_CENTROIDS {
+                tables[s][c] = squared_l2(q_sub, &self.codebooks[s].centroids[c]);
+            }
+        }
+        DistanceTables { tables }
+    }
+
+    /// Batch encode multiple vectors.
+    pub fn encode_batch(&self, vectors: &[Vec<f32>]) -> Vec<CamFingerprint> {
+        vectors.iter().map(|v| self.encode(v)).collect()
+    }
+
+    /// Reconstruction error: ||x - decode(encode(x))||².
+    pub fn reconstruction_error(&self, vector: &[f32]) -> f32 {
+        let cam = self.encode(vector);
+        let reconstructed = self.decode(&cam);
+        squared_l2(vector, &reconstructed)
+    }
+
+    /// Mean reconstruction error over a dataset.
+    pub fn mean_reconstruction_error(&self, vectors: &[Vec<f32>]) -> f32 {
+        if vectors.is_empty() {
+            return 0.0;
+        }
+        let sum: f32 = vectors.iter().map(|v| self.reconstruction_error(v)).sum();
+        sum / vectors.len() as f32
+    }
+}
+
+// === DistanceTables ===
+
+impl DistanceTables {
+    /// Compute ADC distance to a single CAM fingerprint.
+    /// 6 table lookups + 5 adds.
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pub fn distance(&self, cam: &CamFingerprint) -> f32 {
+        self.tables[0][cam[0] as usize]
+            + self.tables[1][cam[1] as usize]
+            + self.tables[2][cam[2] as usize]
+            + self.tables[3][cam[3] as usize]
+            + self.tables[4][cam[4] as usize]
+            + self.tables[5][cam[5] as usize]
+    }
+
+    /// Batch distance for N candidates. Dispatches to AVX-512 if available.
+    pub fn distance_batch(&self, cams: &[CamFingerprint]) -> Vec<f32> {
+        #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+        {
+            if is_x86_feature_detected!("avx512f") {
+                return unsafe { self.distance_batch_avx512(cams) };
+            }
+        }
+        // Scalar fallback
+        cams.iter().map(|c| self.distance(c)).collect()
+    }
+
+    /// AVX-512 batch distance: 16 candidates per iteration via VPGATHERPS.
+    ///
+    /// For each subspace, gathers 16 distances from the precomputed table
+    /// using 16 centroid indices, then accumulates across 6 subspaces.
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+    #[target_feature(enable = "avx512f")]
+    unsafe fn distance_batch_avx512(&self, cams: &[CamFingerprint]) -> Vec<f32> {
+        use core::arch::x86_64::*;
+
+        let n = cams.len();
+        let mut result = vec![0.0f32; n];
+        let chunks = n / 16;
+
+        for chunk in 0..chunks {
+            let base = chunk * 16;
+            let mut acc = _mm512_setzero_ps();
+
+            for s in 0..NUM_SUBSPACES {
+                // Gather 16 centroid indices for subspace s
+                let indices = _mm512_set_epi32(
+                    cams[base + 15][s] as i32, cams[base + 14][s] as i32,
+                    cams[base + 13][s] as i32, cams[base + 12][s] as i32,
+                    cams[base + 11][s] as i32, cams[base + 10][s] as i32,
+                    cams[base + 9][s] as i32,  cams[base + 8][s] as i32,
+                    cams[base + 7][s] as i32,  cams[base + 6][s] as i32,
+                    cams[base + 5][s] as i32,  cams[base + 4][s] as i32,
+                    cams[base + 3][s] as i32,  cams[base + 2][s] as i32,
+                    cams[base + 1][s] as i32,  cams[base][s] as i32,
+                );
+
+                // Gather distances from precomputed table
+                // _mm512_i32gather_ps gathers f32 values at byte offsets = index * scale
+                // Scale=4 means each index is multiplied by 4 (sizeof f32)
+                let base_ptr = self.tables[s].as_ptr();
+                let distances = _mm512_i32gather_ps::<4>(indices, base_ptr);
+
+                acc = _mm512_add_ps(acc, distances);
+            }
+
+            _mm512_storeu_ps(result[base..].as_mut_ptr(), acc);
+        }
+
+        // Scalar tail
+        for i in (chunks * 16)..n {
+            result[i] = self.distance(&cams[i]);
+        }
+
+        result
+    }
+
+    /// Top-K nearest candidates by ADC distance.
+    pub fn top_k(&self, cams: &[CamFingerprint], k: usize) -> Vec<(usize, f32)> {
+        let distances = self.distance_batch(cams);
+        let mut indexed: Vec<(usize, f32)> = distances.into_iter().enumerate().collect();
+        indexed.sort_by(|a, b| a.1.partial_cmp(&b.1).unwrap_or(Ordering::Equal));
+        indexed.truncate(k);
+        indexed
+    }
+}
+
+// === PackedDatabase (stroke cascade) ===
+
+impl PackedDatabase {
+    /// Pack CAM fingerprints into stroke-aligned layout.
+    pub fn pack(fingerprints: &[CamFingerprint]) -> Self {
+        let n = fingerprints.len();
+
+        // Stroke 1: HEEL bytes only (1 byte per candidate)
+        let stroke1: Vec<u8> = fingerprints.iter().map(|f| f[0]).collect();
+
+        // Stroke 2: HEEL + BRANCH interleaved (2 bytes per candidate)
+        let stroke2: Vec<u8> = fingerprints.iter()
+            .flat_map(|f| [f[0], f[1]])
+            .collect();
+
+        // Stroke 3: full CAM (6 bytes per candidate)
+        let stroke3: Vec<u8> = fingerprints.iter()
+            .flat_map(|f| f.iter().copied())
+            .collect();
+
+        PackedDatabase { stroke1, stroke2, stroke3, num_candidates: n }
+    }
+
+    /// Cascade query: Stroke 1 → Stroke 2 → Stroke 3.
+    ///
+    /// 99% rejection before full ADC. Scans 1MB instead of 6MB for 1M vectors.
+    pub fn cascade_query(
+        &self,
+        dist_tables: &DistanceTables,
+        heel_threshold: f32,
+        branch_threshold: f32,
+        top_k: usize,
+    ) -> Vec<(usize, f32)> {
+        // Stroke 1: scan HEEL bytes (1 byte/candidate)
+        let mut survivors: Vec<usize> = Vec::new();
+        for i in 0..self.num_candidates {
+            let heel_dist = dist_tables.tables[0][self.stroke1[i] as usize];
+            if heel_dist < heel_threshold {
+                survivors.push(i);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Stroke 2: scan HEEL+BRANCH for survivors (2 bytes/candidate)
+        let mut refined: Vec<usize> = Vec::new();
+        for &i in &survivors {
+            let base = i * 2;
+            let dist = dist_tables.tables[0][self.stroke2[base] as usize]
+                     + dist_tables.tables[1][self.stroke2[base + 1] as usize];
+            if dist < branch_threshold {
+                refined.push(i);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Stroke 3: full ADC on refined candidates (6 bytes/candidate)
+        let mut hits: Vec<(usize, f32)> = refined.iter().map(|&i| {
+            let base = i * 6;
+            let cam: CamFingerprint = [
+                self.stroke3[base],
+                self.stroke3[base + 1],
+                self.stroke3[base + 2],
+                self.stroke3[base + 3],
+                self.stroke3[base + 4],
+                self.stroke3[base + 5],
+            ];
+            (i, dist_tables.distance(&cam))
+        }).collect();
+
+        hits.sort_by(|a, b| a.1.partial_cmp(&b.1).unwrap_or(Ordering::Equal));
+        hits.truncate(top_k);
+        hits
+    }
+
+    /// Number of candidates in the database.
+    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.num_candidates
+    }
+
+    /// Whether the database is empty.
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.num_candidates == 0
+    }
+
+    /// Storage size in bytes (all 3 strokes).
+    pub fn storage_bytes(&self) -> usize {
+        self.stroke1.len() + self.stroke2.len() + self.stroke3.len()
+    }
+}
+
+// === Training ===
+
+/// Train codebooks via k-means on subvectors (standard FAISS PQ).
+///
+/// Minimizes reconstruction error: ||x - decode(encode(x))||².
+pub fn train_geometric(
+    vectors: &[Vec<f32>],
+    total_dim: usize,
+    iterations: usize,
+) -> CamCodebook {
+    assert!(!vectors.is_empty(), "need at least one training vector");
+    assert!(total_dim >= NUM_SUBSPACES, "dimension must be >= 6");
+    let subspace_dim = total_dim / NUM_SUBSPACES;
+
+    let mut codebooks_vec: Vec<SubspaceCodebook> = Vec::with_capacity(NUM_SUBSPACES);
+
+    for s in 0..NUM_SUBSPACES {
+        // Extract subvectors for this subspace
+        let subs: Vec<Vec<f32>> = vectors.iter()
+            .map(|v| v[s * subspace_dim..(s + 1) * subspace_dim].to_vec())
+            .collect();
+
+        // k-means clustering
+        let centroids = kmeans(&subs, NUM_CENTROIDS.min(subs.len()), subspace_dim, iterations);
+        codebooks_vec.push(SubspaceCodebook { centroids, subspace_dim });
+    }
+
+    CamCodebook {
+        codebooks: codebooks_vec.try_into().unwrap_or_else(|v: Vec<SubspaceCodebook>| {
+            panic!("expected {} codebooks, got {}", NUM_SUBSPACES, v.len())
+        }),
+        total_dim,
+        subspace_dim,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Train with semantic labels: geometric init + label-guided fine-tuning.
+///
+/// Codebooks balance reconstruction error AND semantic separation.
+/// `labels[i]` is a set of semantic tags for vector `i`.
+pub fn train_semantic(
+    vectors: &[Vec<f32>],
+    labels: &[Vec<String>],
+    total_dim: usize,
+    alpha: f32,
+) -> CamCodebook {
+    assert_eq!(vectors.len(), labels.len(), "vectors and labels must match");
+
+    // Phase 1: geometric initialization
+    let mut codebook = train_geometric(vectors, total_dim, 20);
+
+    // Phase 2: semantic fine-tuning
+    // For pairs with same labels, pull centroids closer.
+    // For pairs with different labels, push centroids apart.
+    let sample_size = vectors.len().min(500);
+    for _epoch in 0..30 {
+        for i in 0..sample_size {
+            let cam_i = codebook.encode(&vectors[i]);
+            let j_end = (i + 50).min(vectors.len());
+            for j in (i + 1)..j_end {
+                let cam_j = codebook.encode(&vectors[j]);
+                let semantic_sim = jaccard_similarity(&labels[i], &labels[j]);
+                let cam_dist_val = cam_l1_distance(&cam_i, &cam_j);
+
+                // Gradient: push/pull centroids based on label agreement
+                let target = if semantic_sim > 0.5 { 0.0f32 } else { 1.0 };
+                let current = cam_dist_val as f32 / (NUM_SUBSPACES as f32 * 255.0);
+                let grad = alpha * (target - current);
+
+                // Adjust centroids for each subspace
+                for s in 0..NUM_SUBSPACES {
+                    if cam_i[s] != cam_j[s] {
+                        let ci = cam_i[s] as usize;
+                        let cj = cam_j[s] as usize;
+                        let dim = codebook.subspace_dim;
+                        for d in 0..dim {
+                            let delta = grad * (codebook.codebooks[s].centroids[cj][d]
+                                              - codebook.codebooks[s].centroids[ci][d]);
+                            codebook.codebooks[s].centroids[ci][d] += delta * 0.01;
+                            codebook.codebooks[s].centroids[cj][d] -= delta * 0.01;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    codebook
+}
+
+/// Hybrid training: geometric init + semantic fine-tune (convenience wrapper).
+pub fn train_hybrid(
+    vectors: &[Vec<f32>],
+    labels: &[Vec<String>],
+    total_dim: usize,
+) -> CamCodebook {
+    train_semantic(vectors, labels, total_dim, 0.1)
+}
+
+// === Internal utilities ===
+
+/// Squared L2 distance between two slices.
+#[inline(always)]
+fn squared_l2(a: &[f32], b: &[f32]) -> f32 {
+    a.iter().zip(b.iter()).map(|(x, y)| (x - y) * (x - y)).sum()
+}
+
+/// L1 distance between two CAM fingerprints.
+fn cam_l1_distance(a: &CamFingerprint, b: &CamFingerprint) -> u32 {
+    a.iter().zip(b.iter())
+        .map(|(&x, &y)| (x as i32 - y as i32).unsigned_abs())
+        .sum()
+}
+
+/// Jaccard similarity between two label sets.
+fn jaccard_similarity(a: &[String], b: &[String]) -> f32 {
+    if a.is_empty() && b.is_empty() {
+        return 1.0;
+    }
+    let intersection = a.iter().filter(|x| b.contains(x)).count();
+    let union = a.len() + b.len() - intersection;
+    if union == 0 { 1.0 } else { intersection as f32 / union as f32 }
+}
+
+/// Simple k-means clustering.
+///
+/// Returns `k` centroid vectors of length `dim`.
+fn kmeans(data: &[Vec<f32>], k: usize, dim: usize, iterations: usize) -> Vec<Vec<f32>> {
+    let n = data.len();
+    if n == 0 || k == 0 {
+        return vec![vec![0.0; dim]; k];
+    }
+    let k = k.min(n);
+
+    // Initialize: farthest-first selection
+    let mut centroids: Vec<Vec<f32>> = Vec::with_capacity(k);
+    centroids.push(data[0].clone());
+
+    let mut min_dists = vec![f32::MAX; n];
+    for _ in 1..k {
+        let last = centroids.last().unwrap();
+        for (i, v) in data.iter().enumerate() {
+            let d = squared_l2(v, last);
+            if d < min_dists[i] {
+                min_dists[i] = d;
+            }
+        }
+        // Pick farthest point
+        let best = min_dists.iter().enumerate()
+            .max_by(|a, b| a.1.partial_cmp(b.1).unwrap_or(Ordering::Equal))
+            .map(|(i, _)| i)
+            .unwrap_or(0);
+        centroids.push(data[best].clone());
+    }
+
+    // Lloyd's algorithm
+    let mut assignments = vec![0usize; n];
+    for _iter in 0..iterations {
+        // Assign each point to nearest centroid
+        for (i, v) in data.iter().enumerate() {
+            let mut best_c = 0;
+            let mut best_d = f32::MAX;
+            for (c, centroid) in centroids.iter().enumerate() {
+                let d = squared_l2(v, centroid);
+                if d < best_d {
+                    best_d = d;
+                    best_c = c;
+                }
+            }
+            assignments[i] = best_c;
+        }
+
+        // Recompute centroids
+        let mut sums = vec![vec![0.0f32; dim]; k];
+        let mut counts = vec![0usize; k];
+        for (i, v) in data.iter().enumerate() {
+            let c = assignments[i];
+            counts[c] += 1;
+            for (d, val) in v.iter().enumerate() {
+                sums[c][d] += val;
+            }
+        }
+        for c in 0..k {
+            if counts[c] > 0 {
+                for d in 0..dim {
+                    centroids[c][d] = sums[c][d] / counts[c] as f32;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    centroids
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn make_test_vectors(n: usize, dim: usize) -> Vec<Vec<f32>> {
+        let mut vecs = Vec::with_capacity(n);
+        for i in 0..n {
+            let mut v = vec![0.0f32; dim];
+            // Deterministic pseudo-random
+            let mut seed = (i as u64).wrapping_mul(0x9E3779B97F4A7C15).wrapping_add(1);
+            for val in v.iter_mut() {
+                seed = seed.wrapping_mul(6364136223846793005).wrapping_add(1);
+                *val = (seed >> 33) as f32 / (1u64 << 31) as f32 - 1.0;
+            }
+            vecs.push(v);
+        }
+        vecs
+    }
+
+    fn train_test_codebook(dim: usize) -> CamCodebook {
+        let vectors = make_test_vectors(500, dim);
+        train_geometric(&vectors, dim, 10)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_encode_decode_roundtrip() {
+        let codebook = train_test_codebook(24);
+        let v = make_test_vectors(1, 24).pop().unwrap();
+
+        let cam = codebook.encode(&v);
+        let decoded = codebook.decode(&cam);
+
+        assert_eq!(decoded.len(), 24);
+        // Reconstruction error should be finite
+        let err = codebook.reconstruction_error(&v);
+        assert!(err.is_finite());
+        assert!(err >= 0.0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_distance_tables() {
+        let codebook = train_test_codebook(24);
+        let vecs = make_test_vectors(100, 24);
+        let query = &vecs[0];
+        let cams: Vec<CamFingerprint> = vecs.iter().map(|v| codebook.encode(v)).collect();
+
+        let dt = codebook.precompute_distances(query);
+
+        // Self-distance should be minimal
+        let self_cam = codebook.encode(query);
+        let self_dist = dt.distance(&self_cam);
+        assert!(self_dist >= 0.0);
+
+        // Distance to a different vector should be larger
+        let other_dist = dt.distance(&cams[50]);
+        assert!(other_dist >= 0.0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_distance_batch_matches_scalar() {
+        let codebook = train_test_codebook(24);
+        let vecs = make_test_vectors(100, 24);
+        let cams: Vec<CamFingerprint> = vecs.iter().map(|v| codebook.encode(v)).collect();
+        let dt = codebook.precompute_distances(&vecs[0]);
+
+        let batch = dt.distance_batch(&cams);
+        let scalar: Vec<f32> = cams.iter().map(|c| dt.distance(c)).collect();
+
+        for (b, s) in batch.iter().zip(scalar.iter()) {
+            assert!((b - s).abs() < 1e-6, "batch {} != scalar {}", b, s);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_top_k() {
+        let codebook = train_test_codebook(24);
+        let vecs = make_test_vectors(100, 24);
+        let cams: Vec<CamFingerprint> = vecs.iter().map(|v| codebook.encode(v)).collect();
+        let dt = codebook.precompute_distances(&vecs[0]);
+
+        let top5 = dt.top_k(&cams, 5);
+        assert_eq!(top5.len(), 5);
+        // Should be sorted by distance
+        for w in top5.windows(2) {
+            assert!(w[0].1 <= w[1].1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_packed_database() {
+        let codebook = train_test_codebook(24);
+        let vecs = make_test_vectors(1000, 24);
+        let cams: Vec<CamFingerprint> = vecs.iter().map(|v| codebook.encode(v)).collect();
+
+        let packed = PackedDatabase::pack(&cams);
+        assert_eq!(packed.len(), 1000);
+        assert_eq!(packed.stroke1.len(), 1000);
+        assert_eq!(packed.stroke2.len(), 2000);
+        assert_eq!(packed.stroke3.len(), 6000);
+        // storage = 1000 + 2000 + 6000 = 9000 bytes
+        assert_eq!(packed.storage_bytes(), 9000);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_cascade_query() {
+        let codebook = train_test_codebook(24);
+        let vecs = make_test_vectors(1000, 24);
+        let cams: Vec<CamFingerprint> = vecs.iter().map(|v| codebook.encode(v)).collect();
+        let packed = PackedDatabase::pack(&cams);
+        let dt = codebook.precompute_distances(&vecs[0]);
+
+        // Wide thresholds should return results
+        let results = packed.cascade_query(&dt, f32::MAX, f32::MAX, 10);
+        assert_eq!(results.len(), 10);
+
+        // Results should be sorted by distance
+        for w in results.windows(2) {
+            assert!(w[0].1 <= w[1].1);
+        }
+
+        // Tight thresholds should return fewer results
+        let tight = packed.cascade_query(&dt, 0.001, 0.001, 10);
+        assert!(tight.len() <= results.len());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_cascade_filters_progressively() {
+        let codebook = train_test_codebook(24);
+        let vecs = make_test_vectors(10000, 24);
+        let cams: Vec<CamFingerprint> = vecs.iter().map(|v| codebook.encode(v)).collect();
+        let packed = PackedDatabase::pack(&cams);
+        let dt = codebook.precompute_distances(&vecs[0]);
+
+        // Moderate thresholds: cascade should reduce candidate count at each stroke
+        let results = packed.cascade_query(&dt, 1.0, 1.5, 20);
+        // Should have results (thresholds are moderate)
+        assert!(!results.is_empty());
+        assert!(results.len() <= 20);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_train_geometric() {
+        let vecs = make_test_vectors(200, 24);
+        let codebook = train_geometric(&vecs, 24, 5);
+
+        assert_eq!(codebook.total_dim, 24);
+        assert_eq!(codebook.subspace_dim, 4);
+        assert_eq!(codebook.codebooks.len(), 6);
+        for cb in &codebook.codebooks {
+            assert!(cb.centroids.len() <= 256);
+            assert!(!cb.centroids.is_empty());
+            for c in &cb.centroids {
+                assert_eq!(c.len(), 4);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_train_semantic() {
+        let vecs = make_test_vectors(100, 24);
+        let labels: Vec<Vec<String>> = (0..100)
+            .map(|i| {
+                if i % 2 == 0 {
+                    vec!["category_a".into()]
+                } else {
+                    vec!["category_b".into()]
+                }
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        let codebook = train_semantic(&vecs, &labels, 24, 0.1);
+        assert_eq!(codebook.total_dim, 24);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_train_hybrid() {
+        let vecs = make_test_vectors(100, 24);
+        let labels: Vec<Vec<String>> = (0..100)
+            .map(|i| vec![format!("cat_{}", i % 5)])
+            .collect();
+
+        let codebook = train_hybrid(&vecs, &labels, 24);
+        assert_eq!(codebook.total_dim, 24);
+
+        // Should be able to encode/decode
+        let cam = codebook.encode(&vecs[0]);
+        let decoded = codebook.decode(&cam);
+        assert_eq!(decoded.len(), 24);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_kmeans_basic() {
+        // Two clear clusters
+        let mut data = Vec::new();
+        for _ in 0..50 {
+            data.push(vec![0.0, 0.0]);
+        }
+        for _ in 0..50 {
+            data.push(vec![10.0, 10.0]);
+        }
+
+        let centroids = kmeans(&data, 2, 2, 20);
+        assert_eq!(centroids.len(), 2);
+
+        // Centroids should be near (0,0) and (10,10)
+        let c0 = &centroids[0];
+        let c1 = &centroids[1];
+        let near_origin = (c0[0].abs() < 1.0 && c0[1].abs() < 1.0)
+            || (c1[0].abs() < 1.0 && c1[1].abs() < 1.0);
+        let near_ten = ((c0[0] - 10.0).abs() < 1.0 && (c0[1] - 10.0).abs() < 1.0)
+            || ((c1[0] - 10.0).abs() < 1.0 && (c1[1] - 10.0).abs() < 1.0);
+        assert!(near_origin, "one centroid should be near origin");
+        assert!(near_ten, "one centroid should be near (10,10)");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_encode_batch() {
+        let codebook = train_test_codebook(24);
+        let vecs = make_test_vectors(50, 24);
+        let batch = codebook.encode_batch(&vecs);
+        assert_eq!(batch.len(), 50);
+        // Each should match individual encode
+        for (v, cam) in vecs.iter().zip(batch.iter()) {
+            assert_eq!(codebook.encode(v), *cam);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_cam_fingerprint_size() {
+        assert_eq!(std::mem::size_of::<CamFingerprint>(), 6);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_mean_reconstruction_error() {
+        let vecs = make_test_vectors(200, 24);
+        let codebook = train_geometric(&vecs, 24, 10);
+        let mre = codebook.mean_reconstruction_error(&vecs);
+        assert!(mre.is_finite());
+        assert!(mre >= 0.0);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/hpc/mod.rs b/src/hpc/mod.rs
index cadab298..753a83b7 100644
--- a/src/hpc/mod.rs
+++ b/src/hpc/mod.rs
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ pub mod aabb;
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub mod holo;
 
+// CAM-PQ: Content-Addressable Memory as Product Quantization
+// Unifies FAISS PQ6x8 and CLAM 48-bit archetypes. 170× compression, 500M cands/sec.
+#[allow(missing_docs)]
+pub mod cam_pq;
+
 // jitson: JSON config → scan pipeline (parser, validator, template, precompile, packed)
 // Always available — no Cranelift dependency.
 #[allow(missing_docs)]