When to Use Encode-Prefill-Decode (EPD) Disaggregation to Speed Multimodal Model Serving
An article on NVIDIA Developer describes encode-prefill-decode (EPD) disaggregation, an inference optimization that separates the vision-encoder stage from prefill/decode stages for multimodal models. It outlines scenarios, trade-offs and implementation considerations for using EPD to improve throughput and latency in model serving.