In scatter-gather, a typical parallel-programming pattern, data is distributed for processing. Then the results are gathered together, often with additional processing, to combine the results.

Programming languages are evolving to bring the software closer to hardware. As hardware architectures become more parallel (with the advent of multicore processors and FPGAs, for example ...

We address both challenges with Plasticine, a new spatially reconfigurable architecture designed to efficiently execute applications composed of parallel patterns. Parallel patterns have emerged from ...