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When to Use Encode-Prefill-Decode Disaggregation to Accelerate Multimodal Model Serving

NVIDIA Developer Blog · Sep 09, 2026 · Engineering Insights

NVIDIA introduces EPD disaggregation for multimodal model optimization.

NVIDIA has unveiled a new inference optimization technique called Encode-Prefill-Decode (EPD) disaggregation. This method enhances multimodal model performance by separating different processing stages, significantly improving efficiency for tasks involving image-heavy prompts.

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