How Smart Chunk Splitting Boosts RAG Recall from 67% to 91%
This article examines the critical role of chunk splitting in Retrieval‑Augmented Generation systems, comparing three generations of methods—from fixed‑size token cuts to sentence‑aware and semantic‑aware strategies—showing how refined chunking, overlap tuning, and metadata design raise Recall@5 from 0.67 to 0.91 while addressing table, list, and long‑section challenges.
