- Headquarters
- San Jose, United States · North America
- Value chain
- Design & engineering software(Tools); also Design
- What that means
- Sells the software that designs and simulates: EDA, CAD and CAE, simulation and lab software.
- Founded
- 1988
- Staff
- 12,703 (2024)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- Nasdaq:CDNS on Google Finance
- Website
- cadence.com
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Semiconductor Design & EDA
In 2 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- Semiconductor Design & EDAVery high
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Software & services · listed #2 of 50
Second of the big-three EDA vendors; it leads in custom/analog layout (Virtuoso), hardware emulation (Palladium) and digital implementation, and also sells IP.
Relevance: Big-three EDA leader in custom layout, emulation and implementation
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Software & services · listed #31 of 50
Its Integrity 3D-IC platform and its package and signal-integrity tools are the main EDA flows for designing chiplet and 3D-stacked systems.
Relevance: Major 3D-IC and package design tools