diff --git a/iris/ccl/config.py b/iris/ccl/config.py
index 81188c5fb..8b8d90c70 100644
--- a/iris/ccl/config.py
+++ b/iris/ccl/config.py
@@ -6,9 +6,16 @@
 """
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+import functools
 import iris
 
 
+@functools.lru_cache(maxsize=1)
+def _cached_num_xcc():
+    """Cache the XCC count since it never changes during a process."""
+    return iris.hip.get_num_xcc()
+
+
 @dataclass
 class Config:
     """
@@ -32,9 +39,10 @@ class Config:
         use_gluon: If True, use Gluon-based implementation (default: False)
                    Gluon provides better control over warp-level traffic shaping
         all_gather_variant: Variant for all-gather operation (default: "persistent")
-                           Options: "persistent", "partitioned"
-                           - "persistent": Each PID handles multiple tiles and sends to all ranks
-                           - "partitioned": PIDs partitioned across ranks, eliminates inner loop
+                           Options: "persistent", "partitioned", "pull"
+                           - "persistent": Each PID handles multiple tiles and sends to all ranks (PUSH)
+                           - "partitioned": PIDs partitioned across ranks, eliminates inner loop (PUSH)
+                           - "pull": Each rank reads from all ranks into its own output (PULL)
         all_reduce_variant: Variant for all-reduce operation (default: "atomic")
                            Options: "atomic", "ring", "two_shot", "one_shot", "spinlock"
         all_reduce_distribution: Distribution for two-shot all-reduce (default: 0)
@@ -84,7 +92,7 @@ class Config:
     num_xcds: int | None = None
     chunk_size: int | None = None
     use_gluon: bool = False
-    all_gather_variant: str = "persistent"
+    all_gather_variant: str = "pull"
     all_reduce_variant: str = "two_shot"
     all_reduce_distribution: int = 1
     all_reduce_num_rings: int = 1
@@ -98,7 +106,7 @@ class Config:
     def __post_init__(self):
         """Validate and auto-detect num_xcds if not set."""
         if self.num_xcds is None:
-            self.num_xcds = iris.hip.get_num_xcc()
+            self.num_xcds = _cached_num_xcc()
 
         if self.chunk_size is None:
             self.chunk_size = self.swizzle_size * self.swizzle_size
@@ -114,9 +122,9 @@ def __post_init__(self):
             raise ValueError(f"comm_sms must be positive, got {self.comm_sms}")
         if self.num_xcds <= 0:
             raise ValueError(f"num_xcds must be positive, got {self.num_xcds}")
-        if self.all_gather_variant not in ["persistent", "partitioned"]:
+        if self.all_gather_variant not in ["persistent", "partitioned", "pull"]:
             raise ValueError(
-                f"all_gather_variant must be one of: 'persistent', 'partitioned', got {self.all_gather_variant}"
+                f"all_gather_variant must be one of: 'persistent', 'partitioned', 'pull', got {self.all_gather_variant}"
             )
         if self.all_reduce_variant not in ["atomic", "ring", "two_shot", "one_shot", "spinlock"]:
             raise ValueError(
diff --git a/iris/ccl/triton/all_gather.py b/iris/ccl/triton/all_gather.py
index cd2891ee7..dfa5c5a71 100644
--- a/iris/ccl/triton/all_gather.py
+++ b/iris/ccl/triton/all_gather.py
@@ -277,6 +277,69 @@ def persistent_all_gather_partitioned(
             )
 
 
+@triton.jit()
+def persistent_all_gather_pull(
+    input_ptr,
+    output_ptr,
+    M,
+    N,
+    stride_in_m,
+    stride_in_n,
+    stride_out_m,
+    stride_out_n,
+    heap_bases: tl.tensor,
+    group_rank: tl.constexpr,
+    iris_rank: tl.constexpr,
+    world_size: tl.constexpr,
+    rank_start: tl.constexpr,
+    rank_stride: tl.constexpr,
+    BLOCK_SIZE_M: tl.constexpr,
+    BLOCK_SIZE_N: tl.constexpr,
+    GROUP_SIZE_M: tl.constexpr,
+    COMM_SMS: tl.constexpr,
+    NUM_XCDS: tl.constexpr,
+    CHUNK_SIZE: tl.constexpr,
+):
+    """
+    Pull-model all-gather: each rank reads input from all ranks into its own output.
+
+    Uses simple linear tile indexing (no swizzle/chiplet transform) for clean
+    codegen on MI300X. GROUP_SIZE_M/NUM_XCDS/CHUNK_SIZE accepted but unused.
+    """
+    pid = tl.program_id(0)
+
+    num_pid_m = tl.cdiv(M, BLOCK_SIZE_M)
+    num_pid_n = tl.cdiv(N, BLOCK_SIZE_N)
+    total_tiles = num_pid_m * num_pid_n
+
+    for tile_id in range(pid, total_tiles, COMM_SMS):
+        pid_m = tile_id // num_pid_n
+        pid_n = tile_id % num_pid_n
+
+        tl.assume(pid_m >= 0)
+        tl.assume(pid_n >= 0)
+
+        rm = pid_m * BLOCK_SIZE_M + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE_M)
+        rn = pid_n * BLOCK_SIZE_N + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE_N)
+        rm = tl.max_contiguous(tl.multiple_of(rm, BLOCK_SIZE_M), BLOCK_SIZE_M)
+        rn = tl.max_contiguous(tl.multiple_of(rn, BLOCK_SIZE_N), BLOCK_SIZE_N)
+
+        mask = (rm[:, None] < M) & (rn[None, :] < N)
+        input_offset = rm[:, None] * stride_in_m + rn[None, :] * stride_in_n
+
+        for i in tl.static_range(world_size):
+            source_rank = rank_start + i * rank_stride
+            rm_output = rm + i * M
+            output_offset = rm_output[:, None] * stride_out_m + rn[None, :] * stride_out_n
+
+            if i == group_rank:
+                data = tl.load(input_ptr + input_offset, mask=mask, other=0.0)
+                tl.store(output_ptr + output_offset, data, mask=mask, cache_modifier=".wt")
+            else:
+                data = iris.load(input_ptr + input_offset, iris_rank, source_rank, heap_bases, mask=mask)
+                tl.store(output_ptr + output_offset, data, mask=mask, cache_modifier=".wt")
+
+
 def launch(
     input_tensor,
     output_tensor,
@@ -307,6 +370,8 @@ def launch(
         kernel_fn = persistent_all_gather
     elif config.all_gather_variant == "partitioned":
         kernel_fn = persistent_all_gather_partitioned
+    elif config.all_gather_variant == "pull":
+        kernel_fn = persistent_all_gather_pull
     else:
         raise ValueError(f"Unknown all_gather_variant: {config.all_gather_variant}")
 
diff --git a/iris/ccl/triton/all_to_all.py b/iris/ccl/triton/all_to_all.py
index a224a93a6..290a2d566 100644
--- a/iris/ccl/triton/all_to_all.py
+++ b/iris/ccl/triton/all_to_all.py
@@ -177,6 +177,75 @@ def persistent_all_to_all(
                     )
 
 
+@triton.jit()
+def persistent_all_to_all_pull(
+    input_ptr,
+    output_ptr,
+    M,
+    N,
+    stride_in_m,
+    stride_in_n,
+    stride_out_m,
+    stride_out_n,
+    heap_bases: tl.tensor,
+    group_rank: tl.constexpr,
+    iris_rank: tl.constexpr,
+    world_size: tl.constexpr,
+    rank_start: tl.constexpr,
+    rank_stride: tl.constexpr,
+    BLOCK_SIZE_M: tl.constexpr,
+    BLOCK_SIZE_N: tl.constexpr,
+    GROUP_SIZE_M: tl.constexpr,
+    COMM_SMS: tl.constexpr,
+    NUM_XCDS: tl.constexpr,
+    CHUNK_SIZE: tl.constexpr,
+):
+    """
+    Pull-model all-to-all: each rank reads its data from all remote ranks.
+
+    Instead of pushing local chunks to remote outputs, each rank pulls
+    the chunks destined for it from all remote inputs.
+    """
+    pid = tl.program_id(0)
+
+    num_pid_m = tl.cdiv(M, BLOCK_SIZE_M)
+    num_pid_n = tl.cdiv(N, BLOCK_SIZE_N)
+    total_tiles = num_pid_m * num_pid_n
+
+    for tile_id in range(pid, total_tiles, COMM_SMS):
+        pid_m = tile_id // num_pid_n
+        pid_n = tile_id % num_pid_n
+
+        tl.assume(pid_m >= 0)
+        tl.assume(pid_n >= 0)
+
+        rm = pid_m * BLOCK_SIZE_M + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE_M)
+        rn = pid_n * BLOCK_SIZE_N + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE_N)
+        rm = tl.max_contiguous(tl.multiple_of(rm, BLOCK_SIZE_M), BLOCK_SIZE_M)
+        rn = tl.max_contiguous(tl.multiple_of(rn, BLOCK_SIZE_N), BLOCK_SIZE_N)
+
+        mask = (rm[:, None] < M) & (rn[None, :] < N)
+
+        # For each source rank i, pull the chunk that rank i sends to us (group_rank)
+        for i in tl.static_range(world_size):
+            source_rank = rank_start + i * rank_stride
+
+            # Source rank i's input for us is at column offset group_rank * N
+            input_col_offset = group_rank * N
+            input_offset = rm[:, None] * stride_in_m + (rn[None, :] + input_col_offset) * stride_in_n
+
+            # Output goes to column offset i * N
+            output_col_offset = i * N
+            output_offset = rm[:, None] * stride_out_m + (rn[None, :] + output_col_offset) * stride_out_n
+
+            if i == group_rank:
+                data = tl.load(input_ptr + input_offset, mask=mask, other=0.0)
+                tl.store(output_ptr + output_offset, data, mask=mask, cache_modifier=".wt")
+            else:
+                data = iris.load(input_ptr + input_offset, iris_rank, source_rank, heap_bases, mask=mask)
+                tl.store(output_ptr + output_offset, data, mask=mask, cache_modifier=".wt")
+
+
 def launch(
     input_tensor,
     output_tensor,
@@ -195,8 +264,11 @@ def launch(
     stride_in_m, stride_in_n = input_tensor.stride(0), input_tensor.stride(1)
     stride_out_m, stride_out_n = output_tensor.stride(0), output_tensor.stride(1)
 
+    # Use PULL model by default — PUSH model has poor performance on MI300X
+    kernel_fn = persistent_all_to_all_pull
+
     iris_launch(
-        persistent_all_to_all,
+        kernel_fn,
         (config.comm_sms,),
         input_tensor,
         output_tensor,
diff --git a/iris/ccl/triton/reduce_scatter.py b/iris/ccl/triton/reduce_scatter.py
index 31f20ebf6..f023ea641 100644
--- a/iris/ccl/triton/reduce_scatter.py
+++ b/iris/ccl/triton/reduce_scatter.py
@@ -140,6 +140,83 @@ def persistent_reduce_scatter_two_shot(
             tl.store(out_ptr, reduced, mask=mask, cache_modifier=".wt")
 
 
+@triton.jit()
+def persistent_reduce_scatter_simple(
+    input_ptr,
+    output_ptr,
+    M,
+    N,
+    stride_in_m,
+    stride_in_n,
+    stride_out_m,
+    stride_out_n,
+    heap_bases: tl.tensor,
+    group_rank: tl.constexpr,
+    iris_rank: tl.constexpr,
+    world_size: tl.constexpr,
+    rank_start: tl.constexpr,
+    rank_stride: tl.constexpr,
+    BLOCK_SIZE_M: tl.constexpr,
+    BLOCK_SIZE_N: tl.constexpr,
+    GROUP_SIZE_M: tl.constexpr,
+    COMM_SMS: tl.constexpr,
+    NUM_XCDS: tl.constexpr,
+    CHUNK_SIZE: tl.constexpr,
+    DISTRIBUTION: tl.constexpr,
+):
+    """
+    Simplified reduce-scatter using PULL model.
+
+    Each rank reduces its assigned tiles by pulling data from all ranks
+    and stores the result locally. Avoids the dual-path is_full/masked
+    structure that causes poor codegen on MI300X.
+    """
+    pid = tl.program_id(0)
+
+    num_pid_m = tl.cdiv(M, BLOCK_SIZE_M)
+    num_pid_n = tl.cdiv(N, BLOCK_SIZE_N)
+    total_tiles = num_pid_m * num_pid_n
+
+    acc_dtype = tl.float32 if output_ptr.type.element_ty != tl.int8 else tl.int32
+
+    # Block distribution: each rank handles contiguous chunk of tiles
+    tiles_per_rank = tl.cdiv(total_tiles, world_size)
+    start_tile = group_rank * tiles_per_rank
+    remaining = total_tiles - start_tile
+    remaining = tl.maximum(remaining, 0)
+    max_tiles = tl.minimum(tiles_per_rank, remaining)
+
+    for tile_offset in range(pid, max_tiles, COMM_SMS):
+        tile_id = start_tile + tile_offset
+
+        pid_m = tile_id // num_pid_n
+        pid_n = tile_id % num_pid_n
+
+        tl.assume(pid_m >= 0)
+        tl.assume(pid_n >= 0)
+
+        rm = pid_m * BLOCK_SIZE_M + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE_M)
+        rn = pid_n * BLOCK_SIZE_N + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_SIZE_N)
+        rm = tl.max_contiguous(tl.multiple_of(rm, BLOCK_SIZE_M), BLOCK_SIZE_M)
+        rn = tl.max_contiguous(tl.multiple_of(rn, BLOCK_SIZE_N), BLOCK_SIZE_N)
+
+        mask = (rm[:, None] < M) & (rn[None, :] < N)
+        input_offset = rm[:, None] * stride_in_m + rn[None, :] * stride_in_n
+        output_offset = rm[:, None] * stride_out_m + rn[None, :] * stride_out_n
+
+        # Accumulate from all ranks via PULL
+        acc = tl.zeros((BLOCK_SIZE_M, BLOCK_SIZE_N), dtype=acc_dtype)
+        for i in tl.static_range(world_size):
+            source_rank = rank_start + i * rank_stride
+            if i == group_rank:
+                data = tl.load(input_ptr + input_offset, mask=mask, other=0.0)
+            else:
+                data = iris.load(input_ptr + input_offset, iris_rank, source_rank, heap_bases, mask=mask)
+            acc += data.to(acc_dtype)
+
+        tl.store(output_ptr + output_offset, acc.to(output_ptr.type.element_ty), mask=mask, cache_modifier=".wt")
+
+
 def launch(
     output_tensor,
     input_tensor,
@@ -159,8 +236,11 @@ def launch(
     heap_bases = ctx.get_heap_bases()
     distribution = config.all_reduce_distribution
 
+    # Use simplified kernel by default — the two_shot variant has poor codegen on MI300X
+    kernel_fn = persistent_reduce_scatter_simple
+
     iris_launch(
-        persistent_reduce_scatter_two_shot,
+        kernel_fn,
         (config.comm_sms,),
         input_tensor,
         output_tensor,