engram
In neuroscience, an engram refers to the physical trace of a memory in the brain, representing the neural changes that encode and store information. First proposed by Richard Semon in 1904, it remains central to memory research.
Modern Usage
- DeepSeek engram: A term coined by DeepSeek to describe their context-aware knowledge retrieval system for LLMs, which eliminates redundant context processing by dynamically accessing relevant knowledge. This solves a key inefficiency in current LLMs (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini) that reprocess entire contexts per query, significantly improving speed and resource efficiency. See two-minute-papers video and note 2026 04 14 DeepSeek engram.
2026 04 14 DeepSeek engram