# Efficient MultiModal Data Pipeline

DevFeed: [Efficient MultiModal Data Pipeline](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/efficient-multimodal-data-pipeline-7355.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://huggingface.co/blog/mmdp>)

Author: Aritra Roy Gosthipaty; Luis; Andres Marafioti; Sergio Paniego; Pedro Cuenca

Published: 2025-07-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Hugging Face - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hugging-face-blog.md>)

Topics: [multimodal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/multimodal.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>), [GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gpu.md>), [Mathematics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mathematics.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [batching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/batching.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-pipeline](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-pipeline.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [multimodal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multimodal.md>), [nanovlm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nanovlm.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [pipeline](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pipeline.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [vlm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vlm.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how to build an efficient multimodal data pipeline for nanoVLM training. It examines waste caused by idle GPUs and excessive padding, then introduces progressively improved data preparation and batching strategies, including a knapsack-based approach to fit more useful data into each batch.

## Source excerpt

We're on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.