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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Cadence Design Systems, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><div class="infobox-caption">Headquarters in San Jose, California</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Public_company" title="Public company">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">

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</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="Nasdaq" title="Nasdaq">Nasdaq</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/cdns">CDNS</a></li><li><a href="Nasdaq-100" title="Nasdaq-100">Nasdaq-100</a> component</li><li><a href="S%26P_500" title="S&P 500">S&P 500</a> component</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Software" title="Software">Software</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessors</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Solomon Design Automation</li><li><a href="ECAD%2C_Inc." title="ECAD, Inc.">ECAD, Inc.</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1983 (1983) in San Jose, California as Solomon Design Automation (SDA), renamed Cadence Design Systems in 1988</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founders</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="James_Solomon" title="James Solomon">James Solomon</a></li><li><a href="A._Richard_Newton" title="A. Richard Newton">Richard Newton</a></li><li><a href="Alberto_Sangiovanni-Vincentelli" title="Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli">Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="San_Jose%2C_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="Anirudh_Devgan" title="Anirudh Devgan">Anirudh Devgan</a> (<a href="President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">president</a>, <a href="Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"> <a href="United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>4.64 billion (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"> US$1.35 billion (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"> US$1.06 billion (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> US$8.97 billion (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">Total equity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> US$4.67 billion (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">

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</style>approx. 11,700 (December 2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cadence.com/">cadence.com</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below">Footnotes / references <a href="#cite_note-AnnualR2024-1">[1]</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (stylized as cādence)<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Staff_investors-2">[2]</a> is an American <a href="Multinational_corporation" title="Multinational corporation">multinational</a> technology and computational software company<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_StreetStaff1_thestree.com-3">[3]</a> headquartered in <a href="San_Jose%2C_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Staff_investors-2">[2]</a> Initially specialized in <a href="Electronic_design_automation" title="Electronic design automation">electronic design automation (EDA)</a> software for the semiconductor industry,<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_NYTStaff1_nytimes.com-4">[4]</a> currently the company makes <a href="Software" title="Software">software</a> and <a href="Electronic_hardware" title="Electronic hardware">hardware</a> for designing products such as <a href="Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">integrated circuits</a>, <a href="System_on_chip" class="mw-redirect" title="System on chip">systems on chips</a> (SoCs), <a href="Printed_circuit_board" title="Printed circuit board">printed circuit boards</a>,<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_StreetStaff1_thestree.com-3">[3]</a> and <a href="Pharmaceutical_drugs" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceutical drugs">pharmaceutical drugs</a>, also licensing <a href="Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> for the electronics, aerospace, defense and automotive industries.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_VItu_santafenewmexican.com-5">[5]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

Founded in 1983 in <a href="San_Jose%2C_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a>,<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Sorkin_nytim.com-6">[6]</a> Cadence Design Systems began as an <a href="Electronic_design_automation" title="Electronic design automation">electronic design automation (EDA)</a> company named Solomon Design Automation (SDA).<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_NYTStaff1_nytimes.com-4">[4]</a> SDA's cofounders included <a href="James_Solomon" title="James Solomon">James Solomon</a>, <a href="A._Richard_Newton" title="A. Richard Newton">Richard Newton</a>,<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_NYTStaff1_nytimes.com-4">[4]</a> and <a href="Alberto_Sangiovanni-Vincentelli" title="Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli">Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli</a>.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_NYTStaff1_nytimes.com-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> Cadence was formed by the merger of SDA and <a href="ECAD%2C_Inc." title="ECAD, Inc.">ECAD</a>. A public company,<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_NYTStaff1_nytimes.com-4">[4]</a> ECAD had been co-founded by Ping Chao, Glen Antle, and Paul Huang in 1982.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_NYTStaff1_nytimes.com-4">[4]</a> Cadence Design Systems was officially formed through the 1988 merger of SDA and ECAD,<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_NYTStaff1_nytimes.com-4">[4]</a> with <a href="Joseph_Costello_(software_executive)" title="Joseph Costello (software executive)">Joseph Costello</a> appointed both CEO and president of the newly combined company. After the merger, Cadence began trading on the <a href="New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">New York Stock Exchange</a> and Costello oversaw further mergers and acquisitions.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_NYTStaff1_nytimes.com-4">[4]</a>

In 1989, the company acquired <a href="Gateway_Design_Automation" title="Gateway Design Automation">Gateway Design Automation</a> for $72 million.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_staff_nytimes.com_gateway-8">[8]</a> In 1990 it acquired Automated Systems Inc., and in doing so added "board design to its existing line of chip design software."<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Staff4_nytimes.com-9">[9]</a> In 1991, Cadence acquired its rival <a href="SCALD" title="SCALD">Valid Logic Systems</a> for around $200 million, its biggest acquisition yet. The revenues of the combined company were $390 million, making Cadence "the largest provider of the software used by electronic engineers to design computer chips and circuit boards," according to the New York Times.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_NYTStaff1_nytimes.com-4">[4]</a>

In 1996, Cadence acquired High Level Design Systems,<a href="#cite_note-Ref_staff10_nytimes.com-10">[10]</a> at which point Cadence had 3,300 employees and $742 million in annual revenue. Following the resignation of Cadence's original CEO Joe Costello in 1997, Jack Harding was appointed CEO.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> Ray Bingham was named CEO in 1999.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> Cadence purchased Ambit Design Systems for $260 million, which made tools for <a href="System-on-a-chip" class="mw-redirect" title="System-on-a-chip">system-on-a-chip</a> technology, in 1998,<a href="#cite_note-Ref_Nellis2_Reuters.com-13">[13]</a> and <a href="OrCAD_Systems" class="mw-redirect" title="OrCAD Systems">OrCAD Systems</a> in 1999.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_staff6_eetimes-14">[14]</a> After acquiring <a href="Assignor_estoppel" title="Assignor estoppel">Quickturn Design</a> in 1999, Cadence was described as a "white knight" for the act by the New York Times, as Quickturn had been subject to a <a href="Hostile_takeover" class="mw-redirect" title="Hostile takeover">hostile takeover</a> by Cadence's rival <a href="Mentor_Graphics" title="Mentor Graphics">Mentor Graphics</a>.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Staff3_nytimes.com-15">[15]</a>

Under urging by executives such as Jim Hogan and executive vice president <a href="Penny_Herscher" title="Penny Herscher">Penny Herscher</a>, between 2001 and 2003, Cadence purchased a number of implementation tools through acquisition, such as Silicon Perspective, Verplex,<a href="#cite_note-Ref_staff13_EETImes.com-16">[16]</a> and <a href="Chenming_Hu" title="Chenming Hu">Celestry Design</a>.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_staff4_edn.com-17">[17]</a> The acquisitions were apparently in part to counter the 2001 purchase of <a href="Synopsys#Avanti_Corporation" title="Synopsys">Avanti</a> by <a href="Synopsys" title="Synopsys">Synopsys</a>, as Synopsys had become their primary market rival.<a href="#cite_note-Ref_staff13_EETImes.com-16">[16]</a> In 2004, Mike Fister became Cadence's new CEO and president, with Ray Bingham becoming chairman. The former chairman, Donald L. Lucas, remained on the Cadence board.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> Between 2004 and 2007, Cadence purchased four companies, including the software developer <a href="Rob_A._Rutenbar" title="Rob A. Rutenbar">Verisity</a>, and in 2006, it spent $1 billion in <a href="Stock_buyback" class="mw-redirect" title="Stock buyback">stock buybacks</a>.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Sorkin_nytim.com-6">[6]</a>

In 2007, Cadence announced it would be introducing a new chip-making process that laid wires diagonally as well as horizontally and vertically, arguing it would make its designs more efficient. In June 2007, Cadence had a market value of around $6.4 billion. That year, Cadence was rumored to be in talks with <a href="Kohlberg_Kravis_Roberts" class="mw-redirect" title="Kohlberg Kravis Roberts">Kohlberg Kravis Roberts</a> and <a href="Blackstone_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackstone Group">Blackstone Group</a> regarding a possible sale of the company.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Sorkin_nytim.com-6">[6]</a> Cadence withdrew a $1.6 billion offer to purchase Mentor Graphics in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> Also that year, Cadence's board appointed <a href="Lip-Bu_Tan" title="Lip-Bu Tan">Lip-Bu Tan</a> as acting CEO, after the resignation of Mike Fister; Tan had served on the Cadence board of directors since 2004.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> In January 2009, the board of directors of Cadence voted unanimously to confirm Lip-Bu Tan as president and CEO.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> In 2011, it purchased <a href="Altos_Design_Automation" title="Altos Design Automation">Altos Design Automation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_eetimesstaff3_eetimes.com-22">[22]</a> Subsequent notable acquisitions included <a href="Cosmic_Circuits" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosmic Circuits">Cosmic Circuits</a><a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_eenewseuropestaff1_eenewseurope.com-23">[23]</a> and <a href="Tensilica" title="Tensilica">Tensilica</a> in 2013,<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_staff4_eetimes.com-24">[24]</a> <a href="Forte_Design_Systems" title="Forte Design Systems">Forte Design Systems</a> in 2014,<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_New_newelectronics.co-25">[25]</a> and the <a href="AWR_Corporation" title="AWR Corporation">AWR Corporation</a> in 2019.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Staff_bizjournals.com-26">[26]</a>

Cadence had 9,300 employees and annual revenue of $3 billion in 2021.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_VItu_santafenewmexican.com-5">[5]</a> Most of its revenue came from licensing its software and intellectual property.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> In April 2021, following a <a href="The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">Washington Post</a> report on the use of Cadence and <a href="Synopsys" title="Synopsys">Synopsys</a> technology in the <a href="People's_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a>'s <a href="Military-civil_fusion" title="Military-civil fusion">military-civil fusion</a> efforts,<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> U.S. legislators <a href="Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">Michael McCaul</a> and <a href="Tom_Cotton" title="Tom Cotton">Tom Cotton</a> requested that the <a href="United_States_Department_of_Commerce" title="United States Department of Commerce">United States Department of Commerce</a> tighten controls on the sales of semiconductor manufacturing software.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> On December 15, 2021, <a href="Anirudh_Devgan" title="Anirudh Devgan">Anirudh Devgan</a> assumed the role of Cadence president & CEO, after having been named Cadence president in 2017. Lip-Bu Tan retired as CEO and became executive chairman<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> and left this position and the board in May 2023. In 2021, Cadence launched an <a href="Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a> platform to streamline processor development.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Deutscher_siliconangle.com-32">[32]</a>

Although most of Cadence's customers for decades were "traditional semiconductor firms," around 40% of Cadence's revenue by 2022 came from customers who were "systems" oriented, or seeking products tailored for various industries that utilized chips in a central role. Cadence was also increasingly designing customized chips for clients and having them manufactured by third parties such as <a href="Taiwan_Semiconductor_Manufacturing" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing">Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing</a>, a practice which had become more popular in the face of worldwide chip shortages and shipping issues, according to <a href="Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Ref_Nellis2_Reuters.com-13">[13]</a> By late 2022, Cadence had clients such as <a href="Tesla%2C_Inc." title="Tesla, Inc.">Tesla</a> and <a href="Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a><a href="#cite_note-Ref_Nellis2_Reuters.com-13">[13]</a> Cadence acquired <a href="OpenEye_Scientific_Software" title="OpenEye Scientific Software">OpenEye Scientific Software</a> for $500 million in September 2022, rebranding the company OpenEye Cadence Molecular Sciences and making it into a business unit.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_VItu_santafenewmexican.com-5">[5]</a> OpenEye signed <a href="Pfizer" title="Pfizer">Pfizer</a> as a software client in October 2023.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a>

Cadence purchased several businesses from <a href="Rambus" title="Rambus">Rambus</a> in 2023.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Staff_SiliconSemiconductor.net-34">[34]</a> In February 2024, Cadence "quietly stepped into the supercomputer business," according to <a href="TechRadar" title="TechRadar">TechRadar</a>, when it unveiled the M1, its own supercomputer designed to run <a href="Computational_fluid_dynamics" title="Computational fluid dynamics">computational fluid dynamics</a> (CFD) while utilizing AI.<a href="#cite_note-2024-02-14-Williams-35">[35]</a> In June 2024, Cadence purchased BETA CAE Systems.<a href="#cite_note-2024-03-05-Bajwa-36">[36]</a>

In January 2025, Cadence announced the acquisition of <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure-IC" class="extiw external" title="fr:Secure-IC">Secure-IC</a>, an embedded security IP platform provider; the acquisition is expected to close by mid-2025, following the usual regulatory approvals and other closing conditions, and be immaterial to 2025 revenue and earnings.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a>

In mid-2025, the <a href="Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="Second presidency of Donald Trump">Trump administration</a> briefly paused the issuing of licenses for exports of Cadence software to China.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> In July 2025, it was announced that Cadence would plead guilty to violating U.S. <a href="Export_controls" class="mw-redirect" title="Export controls">export controls</a> and pay US$140 million.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Products">Products</h2></div>

Originally known as a creator of <a href="Electronic_design_automation" title="Electronic design automation">electronic design automation</a> (EDA) software,<a href="#cite_note-Ref_Nellis2_Reuters.com-13">[13]</a> the company currently develops software, hardware<a href="#cite_note-Ref_Nellis_retuers.com-41">[41]</a> and <a href="Intellectual_Properties" class="mw-redirect" title="Intellectual Properties">intellectual property</a> (IP) used to design chips,<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> <a href="Chiplet" title="Chiplet">chiplet</a>-style products,<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> and <a href="Printed_circuit_board" title="Printed circuit board">printed circuit boards</a>,<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Staff4_nytimes.com-9">[9]</a> while also selling hardware systems that run its chip design software.<a href="#cite_note-Ref_Nellis_retuers.com-41">[41]</a>

It also has tools for "electromagnetics, thermal and computational fluid dynamics in the high-tech electronics, aerospace and defense and automotive sectors,"<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_VItu_santafenewmexican.com-5">[5]</a> and according to <a href="Investor's_Business_Daily" title="Investor's Business Daily">Investor's Business Daily</a> in 2023, it specializes in products for fields such as "artificial intelligence and machine learning, cloud computing, 3D technology, and AI-enabled big data analytics."<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> Among market applications are "hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, mobile, aerospace, consumer, industrial and health care."<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_VItu_santafenewmexican.com-5">[5]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Integrated_circuit_software">Integrated circuit software</h3></div>

The company develops a number of technologies for creating custom integrated circuits. For example, its Virtuoso Platform,<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Staff_colorado.edu-45">[45]</a> later renamed Virtuoso Studio,<a href="#cite_note-2024-03-19-C-46">[46]</a> incorporates tools for designing full-custom <a href="Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">integrated circuits</a>.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Staff_colorado.edu-45">[45]</a> In 2019, Cadence introduced its <a href="Spectre_Circuit_Simulator" title="Spectre Circuit Simulator">Spectre X</a> parallel circuit simulator, so that users could distribute time- and frequency-domain simulations across hundreds of CPUs for speed.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> Cadence also developed AWR, a <a href="Radio_frequency" title="Radio frequency">radio frequency</a> to <a href="Extremely_high_frequency" title="Extremely high frequency">millimeter wave</a> design environment for designing <a href="5G" title="5G">5G</a>/<a href="Wireless" title="Wireless">wireless</a> products. AWR is used for communications, aerospace and defense, semiconductor, computer, and consumer electronics.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Digital_implementation_and_signoff">Digital implementation and signoff</h3></div>

Cadence has a number of digital <a href="Implementation" title="Implementation">implementation</a> and <a href="Signoff" class="mw-redirect" title="Signoff">signoff</a> tools, including Genus, Innovus, Tempus & Voltus, among others. In 2020, Cadence integrated its Innovus <a href="Place_and_route" title="Place and route">place and route</a> engine and optimizer into Genus <a href="Logic_synthesis" title="Logic synthesis">Synthesis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> Stratus is Cadence's <a href="High-level_synthesis" title="High-level synthesis">high-level synthesis</a> tool, and is used to create RTL implementations from <a href="C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a>, <a href="C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a>, or <a href="SystemC" title="SystemC">SystemC</a> code.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> Other formal verification and signoff tools include Conformal Equivalence Checker,<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> Joules RTL Power Solution,<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> Quantus Extraction Solution,<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> and Cadence's Modus DFT Software Solution.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="System_verification">System verification</h3></div>

Cadence has developed a number of <a href="Formal_verification" title="Formal verification">formal verification products</a> for chip design. JasperGold is a <a href="Formal_verification" title="Formal verification">formal verification</a> tool, initially introduced in 2003<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> and upgraded with machine learning in 2019.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> vManager is a verification management tool for tracking the verification process.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> Cadence announced Perspec System Verifier in 2014 for defining and verifying system-level verification scenarios,<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> with Perspec made compatible with the <a href="Accellera" title="Accellera">Accellera Portable Test and Stimulus Standard</a> (PSS) several years later.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> Introduced in 2017, Cadence's parallel simulator Xcelium is based on a multi-core <a href="Parallel_computing" title="Parallel computing">parallel computing</a> architecture.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hardware_emulation">Hardware emulation</h3></div>

In 2015, Cadence announced the Palladium Z1 <a href="Hardware_emulation" title="Hardware emulation">hardware emulation</a> platform,<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> with over 100 million gates per hour compile speed, and greater than 1 MHz execution for billion-gate designs.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> which was based on emulation technology from Cadence's 1998 acquisition of Quickturn.<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Staff3_nytimes.com-15">[15]</a> Cadence announced Palladium Z2 in 2021, claiming a 1.5X performance and 2X capacity improvement over the Z1.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a>

The Protium <a href="FPGA_prototyping" title="FPGA prototyping">FPGA prototyping</a> platform was introduced in 2014,<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> followed by the Protium S1 in 2017, which was built on <a href="Xilinx" title="Xilinx">Xilinx</a> Virtex UltraScale <a href="FPGAs" class="mw-redirect" title="FPGAs">FPGAs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> Protium X1 rack-based prototyping was introduced in 2019,<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> which Cadence claimed supported a 1.2 billion gate SoCs at around 5 MHz.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> with Palladium S1/X1 and Protium sharing a single compilation flow.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> In 2021, Protium X2 was announced; Cadence claimed a 1.5X performance and 2X capacity improvement over Protium X1.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SIP_blocks">SIP blocks</h3></div>

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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="Tensilica#Cadence_Tensilica_products" title="Tensilica">Tensilica § Cadence Tensilica products</a></div>

Cadence supplies <a href="Semiconductor_intellectual_property" class="mw-redirect" title="Semiconductor intellectual property">semiconductor intellectual property</a> (SIP) blocks, covering <a href="Interface_(object-oriented_programming)" title="Interface (object-oriented programming)">interface</a> design, <a href="USB" title="USB">USB</a>, <a href="MIPI" class="mw-redirect" title="MIPI">MIPI</a>, <a href="Ethernet" title="Ethernet">ethernet</a>,<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> memory, analog, <a href="System_on_a_chip" title="System on a chip">SoC</a> peripherals, and <a href="Data_plane" title="Data plane">data plane</a> processing units. Cadence also develops chip <a href="Functional_verification" title="Functional verification">verification</a> technologies including simulators and <a href="Formal_verification" title="Formal verification">formal verification</a> tools. Cadence develops <a href="Tensilica" title="Tensilica">Tensilica</a> <a href="Digital_signal_processor" title="Digital signal processor">DSP</a> processors for audio, vision, wireless modems, and convolutional neural nets. Tensilica DSP processors IP in 2019<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> included: Tensilica Vision DSPs for <a href="Image_processor" title="Image processor">imaging</a>, <a href="Vision_processing_unit" title="Vision processing unit">vision</a>, and <a href="AI_accelerator" class="mw-redirect" title="AI accelerator">AI</a> processing;<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> Tensilica HiFi DSPs for audio processing;<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> Tensilica Fusion DSPs for <a href="Internet_of_things" title="Internet of things">IoT</a>;<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> Tensilica ConnX DSPs for <a href="Radar" title="Radar">radar</a>, <a href="Lidar" title="Lidar">lidar</a>, and communications processing;<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> and Tensilica DNA Processor Family for <a href="AI_accelerator" class="mw-redirect" title="AI accelerator">AI acceleration</a>.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> In 2021, Cadence launched the Tensilica AI Platform to accelerate AI SoC development and improve performances.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PCB_and_packaging_technologies">PCB and packaging technologies</h3></div>

The company has a number of <a href="Printed_circuit_board" title="Printed circuit board">printed circuit board</a> (PCB) and packaging technologies for designing circuit boards. Its Allegro Platform has tools for co-design of <a href="Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">integrated circuits</a>, <a href="IC_form_factor" class="mw-redirect" title="IC form factor">packages</a>, and PCBs. <a href="OrCAD" title="OrCAD">OrCAD/PSpice</a> has tools for smaller design teams and individual PCB designers.<a href="#cite_note-UNIX-86">[86]</a> OrbitIO Interconnect Designer is a die/package planning & route optimization tool.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> InspectAR uses <a href="Augmented_reality" title="Augmented reality">augmented reality</a> to map out complicated <a href="Circuit_board" class="mw-redirect" title="Circuit board">circuit board</a> electronics for real-time labelling of board <a href="Schematics" class="mw-redirect" title="Schematics">schematics</a>.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Systems_design_and_analysis">Systems design and analysis</h3></div>

The company has a number of tools for <a href="System_analysis" title="System analysis">system analysis</a>. <a href="Sigrity" title="Sigrity">Sigrity</a> has tools for signal, power integrity, and thermal integrity analysis and IC package design.<a href="#cite_note-eetimes.com-89">[89]</a> Introduced in April 2019 as part of Cadence's expansion into system analysis, Clarity is a 3D <a href="Field_solver" class="mw-redirect" title="Field solver">field solver</a> for electromagnetic analysis, that uses distributed <a href="Adaptive_mesh_refinement" title="Adaptive mesh refinement">adaptive meshing</a> to partition jobs across multiple cores.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> In September 2019, Cadence announced Celsius, a parallel architecture thermal solver that uses <a href="Finite_element_method" title="Finite element method"> finite element analysis</a> for solid structures and <a href="Computational_fluid_dynamics" title="Computational fluid dynamics">computational fluid dynamics</a> (CFD) for fluids.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a>

Cascade Technologies, Inc includes hi-fidelity CFD solvers for multiphysics analysis of turbulence fluid flow.<a href="#cite_note-CascadeCFDBlog-92">[92]</a> Acquired by Cadence from Pointwise in 2021, Fidelity Pointwise is for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) mesh generation.<a href="#cite_note-eeNewsPointwise-93">[93]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Machine_design_and_digital_twins">Machine design and digital twins</h3></div>

Cadence in 2021 acquired a number of system analysis products from NUMECA,<a href="#cite_note-eeNewsNumeca-94">[94]</a> known for software tools used in the automotive, marine, aerospace, and power generation industries.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> Among the tools were Fidelity (formerly known as OMNIS), a <a href="Computational_fluid_dynamics" title="Computational fluid dynamics">computational fluid dynamics</a> (CFD), <a href="Mesh_generation" title="Mesh generation">mesh generation</a>, <a href="Multi-physics" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-physics">multi-physics</a> simulation, and optimization product.<a href="#cite_note-eeNewsNumeca-94">[94]</a> Its Cadence Reality digital twin platform creates manipulatable digital models of designs or factories.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a>

Cadence Design Systems in February 2024 launched its Cadence Millennium Enterprise Multiphysics Platform, or Millennium M1. The hardware/software combination was designed for creating digital twins.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> It draws from Cadence's older Fidelity CFD suite.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drug_design">Drug design</h3></div>

Cadence's <a href="OpenEye_Scientific_Software" title="OpenEye Scientific Software">OpenEye Scientific</a> division has computational molecular modeling and simulation software used by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for purposes such as drug discovery<a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_VItu_santafenewmexican.com-5">[5]</a> and antibody discovery.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> The Orion is OpenEye's <a href="Software-as-a-service" class="mw-redirect" title="Software-as-a-service">software-as-a-service</a> platform.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> OpenEye Scientific has its headquarters in <a href="Santa_Fe%2C_New_Mexico" title="Santa Fe, New Mexico">Santa Fe</a>, New Mexico.

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Artificial_intelligence">Artificial intelligence</h3></div>

According to <a href="Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>, in 2023 Cadence has been "providing tools to design chips for AI" and "adding AI into its own software to help in the complex process of designing chips."<a href="#cite_note-Ref_Nellis_retuers.com-41">[41]</a> Cerebrus was released in 2021, and is a <a href="Machine_learning" title="Machine learning">machine learning</a>-based chip design software which utilizes <a href="Reinforcement_learning" title="Reinforcement learning">reinforcement learning</a> and is meant to automatically optimize the Cadence digital design flow.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-OriginalRef_Deutscher_siliconangle.com-32">[32]</a> In 2022, Cadence introduced the AI platform Optimality Intelligent System Explorer, a system design tool with multiphysics system analysis software. Designed to be compatible with Clarity 3D and SigrityX, <a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> was an early adopter.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> In September 2023, Cadence released software called ChipGPT, allowing companies to create custom silicon with assistance from AI.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition">Recognition</h2></div>

In 2016, former Cadence CEO <a href="Lip-Bu_Tan" title="Lip-Bu Tan">Lip-Bu Tan</a> was awarded the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award by the Global Semiconductor Alliance.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> In 2019, <a href="Investor's_Business_Daily" title="Investor's Business Daily">Investor's Business Daily</a> ranked Cadence Design Systems #5 on its 50 Best Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Companies list.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> In 2020, Cadence ranked #45 on <a href="People_(magazine)" title="People (magazine)">People</a> magazine's Companies that Care list.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> <a href="Fortune_(magazine)" title="Fortune (magazine)">Fortune</a> magazine named Cadence to its 100 Best Companies to Work For list for the sixth consecutive year in 2020.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> In 2021, Anirudh Devgan was awarded the prestigious IEEE/SEMI Phil Kaufman award and in 2022 was inducted into National Academy of Engineering.

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sponsorship">Sponsorship</h2></div>

In May 2022, the <a href="Formula_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Formula 1">Formula 1</a> motor racing team <a href="McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a> announced a multi-year partnership deal with Cadence.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> Cadence partnered with the <a href="San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> in April 2023 on a several year technology project to fix energy efficiencies at <a href="Levi's_Stadium" title="Levi's Stadium">Levi's Stadium</a>. The deal also gave Cadence the naming rights to the team's mobile app.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acquisitions_timeline">Acquisitions timeline</h2></div>

<th>Year announ- ced

</th>

<th>Company

</th>

<th class="unsortable">Business

</th>

<th>Value (<a href="United_States_Dollar" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Dollar">USD</a>)

</th>

<th class="unsortable">Refe- rences

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td>1989

</td>

<td><a href="Gateway_Design_Automation" title="Gateway Design Automation">Gateway Design Automation</a>

</td>

<td>Simulation software

</td>

<td>$72 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1990

</td>

<td>Automated Systems, Inc.

</td>

<td>PCB Design Automation

</td>

<td>$23 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1991

</td>

<td><a href="SCALD" title="SCALD">Valid Logic Systems</a>

</td>

<td>Gate-level design

</td>

<td>$198 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1993

</td>

<td>Comdisco Systems

</td>

<td>Digital signal processing & communications design

</td>

<td>$13 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1996

</td>

<td>High Level Design Systems Inc.

</td>

<td>Advanced design technology for integrated circuits

</td>

<td>$94 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1997

</td>

<td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="Cooper_%26_Chyan_Specctra" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooper & Chyan Specctra">Cooper & Chyan Technology</a> UniCAD

</td>

<td>Placement and routing (<a href="Specctra" title="Specctra">Specctra</a> AutoRouter) and UniCAD (PCB Design)

</td>

<td>$422 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1998

</td>

<td>Ambit Design Systems

</td>

<td><a href="System-on-a-chip" class="mw-redirect" title="System-on-a-chip">System-on-a-chip</a> technology

</td>

<td>$260 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1998

</td>

<td>Bell Labs Design Automation

</td>

<td>Simulation and verification software

</td>

<td>$45 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1998

</td>

<td>Quickturn Design Systems

</td>

<td>Emulation hardware

</td>

<td>$253 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1999

</td>

<td><a href="OrCAD_Systems" class="mw-redirect" title="OrCAD Systems">OrCAD Systems</a>

</td>

<td>PCB & FPGA design

</td>

<td>$121 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2002

</td>

<td><a href="IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>'s DFT tools & group

</td>

<td><a href="Design_for_testing" title="Design for testing">Design for testing</a>

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2003

</td>

<td><a href="Chenming_Hu" title="Chenming Hu">Celestry Design</a>

</td>

<td>Dense modeling, full-chip <a href="Electronic_circuit_simulation" title="Electronic circuit simulation">circuit simulation</a>

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2001- 2003

</td>

<td>CadMOS Plato Get2Chip Silicon Perspective Simplex

</td>

<td>CadMOS (signal integrity), Plato (routing), Get2Chip (logic synthesis), Silicon Perspective Corp. (floor planning and placement), Simplex (extraction and power analysis)

</td>

<td>multiple

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2003

</td>

<td>Verplex

</td>

<td><a href="Formal_verification" title="Formal verification">Formal verification</a>, equivalence checkers

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2004

</td>

<td>Neolinear

</td>

<td>Analog & mixed-signal layout, circuit sizing

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2005

</td>

<td><a href="Rob_A._Rutenbar" title="Rob A. Rutenbar">Verisity</a>

</td>

<td>Verification automation, hardware acceleration

</td>

<td>$315 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2006

</td>

<td>Praesagus

</td>

<td>Manufacturing variation predication

</td>

<td>$26 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2007

</td>

<td>Invarium

</td>

<td>Lithography-modeling and pattern-synthesis

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2007

</td>

<td>Clear Shape

</td>

<td>Design for Manufacturing

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2008

</td>

<td>Chip Estimate

</td>

<td>IP portal, IP reuse management

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2010

</td>

<td>Denali Software

</td>

<td>Memory models, design IP, verification IP

</td>

<td>$315 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2011

</td>

<td><a href="Altos_Design_Automation" title="Altos Design Automation">Altos Design Automation</a>

</td>

<td>Foundation IP characterization, such as memory, standard cell libraries

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2011

</td>

<td><a href="Azuro" title="Azuro">Azuro</a>

</td>

<td>Clock concurrent optimization

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2012

</td>

<td>Sigrity

</td>

<td>Signal, power & thermal integrity analysis, IC package design

</td>

<td>$80 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2013

</td>

<td><a href="Cosmic_Circuits" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosmic Circuits">Cosmic Circuits</a>

</td>

<td>Analog & mixed-signal IP for mobile device IP, such as USB, MIPI, audio & Wi-Fi cores

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2013

</td>

<td><a href="Tensilica" title="Tensilica">Tensilica</a>

</td>

<td>Dataplane processing IP

</td>

<td>$380 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2013

</td>

<td>Evatronix

</td>

<td>Semiconductor IP: USB, MIPI, display, & storage interfaces

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2014

</td>

<td><a href="Forte_Design_Systems" title="Forte Design Systems">Forte Design Systems</a>

</td>

<td><a href="High-level_synthesis" title="High-level synthesis">High-level synthesis</a>

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2014

</td>

<td><a href="Jasper_Design_Automation" class="mw-redirect" title="Jasper Design Automation">Jasper Design Automation</a>

</td>

<td>Formal analysis & verification

</td>

<td>$170 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2016

</td>

<td>Rocketick Technologies

</td>

<td>Multi-core parallel simulator

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2017

</td>

<td>nusemi

</td>

<td>High-speed Serializer/Deserializer (<a href="SerDes" title="SerDes">SerDes</a>) communications IP

</td>

<td>$182 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2019

</td>

<td><a href="AWR_Corporation" title="AWR Corporation">AWR Corporation</a>

</td>

<td>Wireless/high-frequency radio-frequency application design software

</td>

<td>$160 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2020

</td>

<td>Integrand Software

</td>

<td style="max-width:0"><a href="Boundary_element_method" title="Boundary element method">Method of moments</a> <a href="Solver" title="Solver">solver</a> technology for analysis & extraction for simulating large IC and packages, characterization, and analysis in 3D-IC systems

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2020

</td>

<td>InspectAR Augmented Interfaces

</td>

<td>Maps electronics & labels circuit board schematics in real-time using augmented reality

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2021

</td>

<td>NUMECA

</td>

<td><a href="Computational_fluid_dynamics" title="Computational fluid dynamics">CFD</a>, mesh generation, multi-physics simulation & optimization

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2021

</td>

<td>Pointwise

</td>

<td>Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) mesh generation

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2022

</td>

<td>Future Facilities

</td>

<td style="max-width:0">CFD solution provider for electronics cooling and energy performance optimization solutions for data center design and operations

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2022

</td>

<td><a href="OpenEye_Scientific_Software" title="OpenEye Scientific Software">OpenEye Scientific</a>

</td>

<td style="max-width:0">Computational molecular modeling and simulation software used by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for drug discovery

</td>

<td>$500 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2023

</td>

<td>Pulsic

</td>

<td>Full custom IC floorplanning, placement, and routing tools

</td>

<td>$59.9 million

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2023

</td>

<td><a href="Rambus" title="Rambus">Rambus</a>

</td>

<td>Completion of acquisition of SerDes and memory interface PHY IP business from Rambus Inc.

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2023

</td>

<td>Intrinsix Corporation

</td>

<td>Semiconductor design services provider

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2024

</td>

<td>Invecas Inc

</td>

<td>Design engineering, embedded software and system-level solutions provider

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2024

</td>

<td>BETA CAE

</td>

<td>Simulation and analysis software

</td>

<td>$1.24 billion

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2025

</td>

<td>Secure-IC

</td>

<td>Embedded security IP platform provider

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2025

</td>

<td>Arm’s Artisan foundation IP business

</td>

<td>Foundation IPs such as standard cell libraries, memory compilers, and GPIOs

</td>

<td>not disclosed

</td>

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lawsuits">Lawsuits</h2></div>

<ul><li>Avanti Corporation<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Cadence_Design_Systems%2C_Inc._v._Avanti_Corp" title="Cadence Design Systems, Inc. v. Avanti Corp">Cadence Design Systems, Inc. v. Avanti Corp</a></div> From 1995 until 2002, Cadence was involved in a <a href="Cadence_Design_Systems%2C_Inc._v._Avanti_Corp" title="Cadence Design Systems, Inc. v. Avanti Corp">6-year-long legal dispute</a><a href="#cite_note-bw-150">[150]</a> with <a href="Avanti_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Avanti Corporation">Avanti Corporation</a> (brand name "Avant!"), in which Cadence claimed Avanti stole Cadence code, and Avanti denied it. According to Business Week "The Avanti case is probably the most dramatic tale of white-collar crime in the history of Silicon Valley".<a href="#cite_note-bw-150">[150]</a> The Avanti executives eventually pleaded no contest and Cadence received several hundred million dollars in restitution. Avanti was then purchased by <a href="Synopsys" title="Synopsys">Synopsys</a>, which paid $265 million more to settle the remaining claims.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> The case resulted in a number of <a href="Legal_precedent" class="mw-redirect" title="Legal precedent">legal precedents</a>.<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a></li>

<li>Aptix Corporation Quickturn Design Systems, a company acquired by Cadence, was involved in a series of legal events with Aptix Corporation. Aptix licensed a patent to <a href="Mentor_Graphics" title="Mentor Graphics">Mentor Graphics</a> and the two companies jointly sued Quickturn over an alleged patent infringement. Amr Mohsen, CEO of Aptix, forged and tampered with legal evidence and was subsequently charged with conspiracy, perjury, and obstruction of justice. Mohsen was arrested after violating his bail agreement by attempting to flee the country. While in jail, Mohsen plotted to intimidate witnesses and kill the federal judge presiding over his case.<a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> Mohsen was further charged with attempting to delay a federal trial by feigning incompetency.<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a><a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> Due to the overwhelming misconduct, the judge ruled the lawsuit as unenforceable and Mohsen was sentenced to 17 years in prison.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> Mentor Graphics subsequently sued Aptix to recoup legal costs. Cadence also sued Mentor Graphics and Aptix to recover legal costs.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a></li>

<li>Berkeley Design Automation In 2013, Cadence sued Berkeley Design Automation (BDA) for circumvention of a license scheme to link its Analog FastSpice (AFS) simulator to Cadence's Analog Design Environment (Virtuoso ADE).<a href="#cite_note-158">[158]</a> The lawsuit was settled less than one year later with an undisclosed payment of BDA and a multi-year agreement to support interoperability of AFS with ADE through Cadence's official interface. BDA was bought by <a href="Mentor_Graphics" title="Mentor Graphics">Mentor Graphics</a> a few months later.<a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Comparison_of_EDA_software" title="Comparison of EDA software">Comparison of EDA software</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_EDA_companies" title="List of EDA companies">List of EDA companies</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_semiconductor_IP_core_vendors" title="List of semiconductor IP core vendors">List of semiconductor IP core vendors</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_the_largest_software_companies" title="List of the largest software companies">List of the largest software companies</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_S%26P_400_companies" title="List of S&P 400 companies">List of S&P 400 companies</a></li>

<li><a href="Semiconductor_intellectual_property_core" title="Semiconductor intellectual property core">Semiconductor intellectual property core</a></li>

<li><a href="Ken_Kundert" title="Ken Kundert">Ken Kundert</a>, Cadence fellow and creator of the <a href="Spectre_Circuit_Simulator" title="Spectre Circuit Simulator">Spectre</a> circuit simulation family of products (including <a href="SpectreRF" title="SpectreRF">SpectreRF</a>) and the <a href="Verilog-A" title="Verilog-A">Verilog-A</a> analog hardware description language</li></ul>

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<li><a href="Aldec" title="Aldec">Aldec</a></li>

<li><a href="Infineon_Technologies" title="Infineon Technologies">Infineon</a></li>

<li><a href="Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a></li>

<li><a href="Lattice_Semiconductor" title="Lattice Semiconductor">Lattice</a></li>

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<li><a href="Synopsys" title="Synopsys">Synopsys</a></li>

<li><a href="Texas_Instruments" title="Texas Instruments">Texas Instruments</a></li></ul>

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<li><a href="Stratix" title="Stratix">Stratix</a></li>

<li><a href="Virtex_(FPGA)" title="Virtex (FPGA)">Virtex</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Intel_Quartus_Prime" class="mw-redirect" title="Intel Quartus Prime">Intel Quartus Prime</a></li>

<li><a href="Xilinx_ISE" title="Xilinx ISE">Xilinx ISE</a></li>

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<li><a href="ModelSim" title="ModelSim">ModelSim</a></li>

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<li><a href="ARM_Cortex-M" title="ARM Cortex-M">ARM Cortex-M</a></li>

<li><a href="LatticeMico8" title="LatticeMico8">LatticeMico8</a></li>

<li><a href="MicroBlaze" title="MicroBlaze">MicroBlaze</a></li>

<li><a href="PicoBlaze" title="PicoBlaze">PicoBlaze</a></li>

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<li><a href="LatticeMico32" title="LatticeMico32">LatticeMico32</a></li>

<li><a href="OpenCores" title="OpenCores">OpenCores</a></li>

<li><a href="OpenRISC" title="OpenRISC">OpenRISC</a>

<li><a href="Power_ISA" title="Power ISA">Power ISA</a>

<ul><li><a href="Libre-SOC" title="Libre-SOC">Libre-SOC</a></li>

<li><a href="OpenPOWER_Microwatt" title="OpenPOWER Microwatt">Microwatt</a></li></ul></li>

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<li><a href="FreeCAD" title="FreeCAD">FreeCAD</a></li>

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<li><a href="RattleCAD" title="RattleCAD">rattleCAD</a></li>

<li><a href="Salome_(software)" title="Salome (software)">Salome</a></li>

<li><a href="SolveSpace" title="SolveSpace">SolveSpace</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Electric_(software)" title="Electric (software)">Electric</a></li>

<li><a href="FreePCB" title="FreePCB">FreePCB</a></li>

<li><a href="Fritzing" title="Fritzing">Fritzing</a></li>

<li>Horizon EDA</li>

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<li><a href="KTechLab" title="KTechLab">kTechLab</a></li>

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<li><a href="Ngspice" title="Ngspice">ngspice</a></li>

<li><a href="Oregano_(software)" title="Oregano (software)">Oregano</a></li>

<li><a href="SPICE" title="SPICE">SPICE</a></li>

<li><a href="XCircuit" title="XCircuit">XCircuit</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="ABViewer" title="ABViewer">ABViewer</a></li>

<li><a href="Alibre_Design" title="Alibre Design">Alibre Design</a></li>

<li><a href="Archicad" title="Archicad">Archicad</a></li>

<li><a href="AutoCAD" title="AutoCAD">AutoCAD</a></li>

<li><a href="Autodesk_Alias" title="Autodesk Alias">Autodesk Alias</a></li>

<li><a href="Autodesk_Inventor" title="Autodesk Inventor">Autodesk Inventor</a></li>

<li><a href="Autodesk_Revit" title="Autodesk Revit">Autodesk Revit</a></li>

<li><a href="AutoTURN" title="AutoTURN">AutoTURN</a></li>

<li><a href="BricsCAD" title="BricsCAD">BricsCAD</a></li>

<li><a href="CATIA" title="CATIA">CATIA</a></li>

<li><a href="Cimatron" title="Cimatron">Cimatron</a></li>

<li><a href="Cobalt_(CAD_program)" title="Cobalt (CAD program)">Cobalt</a></li>

<li><a href="PTC_Creo_Elements/Direct_Drafting" title="PTC Creo Elements/Direct Drafting">Creo Elements/Direct Drafting</a>, <a href="Creo_Parametric" title="Creo Parametric">Creo Parametric</a></li>

<li><a href="DesignSpark_Mechanical" title="DesignSpark Mechanical">DesignSpark Mechanical</a></li>

<li><a href="FastCAD" title="FastCAD">FastCAD</a> (EasyCAD)</li>

<li><a href="FORAN_System" title="FORAN System">FORAN</a></li>

<li><a href="Fusion_360" title="Fusion 360">Fusion 360</a></li>

<li><a href="GstarCAD" title="GstarCAD">GstarCAD</a></li>

<li><a href="IRONCAD" title="IRONCAD">IRONCAD</a></li>

<li><a href="KeyCreator" title="KeyCreator">KeyCreator</a> (<a href="CADKEY" title="CADKEY">CADKEY</a>)</li>

<li><a href="MEDUSA4" title="MEDUSA4">MEDUSA4</a></li>

<li><a href="MicroStation" title="MicroStation">MicroStation</a></li>

<li><a href="Onshape" title="Onshape">Onshape</a></li>

<li><a href="Pro/DESKTOP" title="Pro/DESKTOP">Pro/DESKTOP</a></li>

<li><a href="Rhinoceros_3D" title="Rhinoceros 3D">Rhinoceros 3D</a>

<ul><li><a href="Grasshopper_3D" title="Grasshopper 3D">Grasshopper 3D</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="RattleCAD#Source_closing" title="RattleCAD">rattleCAD 4.0</a></li>

<li><a href="Shapr3D" title="Shapr3D">Shapr3D</a></li>

<li><a href="Solid_Edge" title="Solid Edge">Solid Edge</a></li>

<li><a href="SolidWorks" title="SolidWorks">SolidWorks</a></li>

<li><a href="Sonata_(building_design_software)" title="Sonata (building design software)">Sonata</a> (<a href="RUCAPS" title="RUCAPS">RUCAPS</a>)</li>

<li><a href="SpaceClaim" title="SpaceClaim">SpaceClaim</a></li>

<li><a href="Tinkercad" title="Tinkercad">Tinkercad</a></li>

<li><a href="TurboCAD" title="TurboCAD">TurboCAD</a></li>

<li><a href="VariCAD" title="VariCAD">VariCAD</a></li>

<li><a href="ZWCAD" title="ZWCAD">ZWCAD</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#PCB_and_packaging_technologies">Allegro</a> (<a href="OrCAD" title="OrCAD">OrCAD</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Altium_Designer" title="Altium Designer">Altium Designer</a> (<a href="Altium#History" title="Altium">Protel</a> (<a href="Autotrax" title="Autotrax">Autotrax</a> (Easytrax, Tango PCB)), <a href="P-CAD" title="P-CAD">P-CAD</a>)</li>

<li><a href="AutoCAD" title="AutoCAD">AutoCAD</a> Electrical</li>

<li><a href="Mentor_Graphics" title="Mentor Graphics">BoardStation, IntegraStation, PADS, Xpedition</a></li>

<li><a href="CADSTAR" title="CADSTAR">CADSTAR</a></li>

<li><a href="CircuitMaker" title="CircuitMaker">CircuitMaker</a></li>

<li><a href="DesignSpark_PCB" title="DesignSpark PCB">DesignSpark PCB</a></li>

<li><a href="DipTrace" title="DipTrace">DipTrace</a></li>

<li><a href="EAGLE_(program)" title="EAGLE (program)">EAGLE</a></li>

<li><a href="EasyEDA" title="EasyEDA">EasyEDA</a></li>

<li><a href="LTspice" title="LTspice">LTspice</a></li>

<li><a href="Micro-Cap" title="Micro-Cap">Micro-Cap</a></li>

<li><a href="NI_Multisim" title="NI Multisim">Multisim</a></li>

<li><a href="Proteus_Design_Suite" title="Proteus Design Suite">Proteus</a></li>

<li><a href="Pulsonix" title="Pulsonix">Pulsonix</a></li>

<li><a href="SolidWorks" title="SolidWorks">SolidWorks</a> Electrical</li>

<li><a href="TARGET_(CAD_software)" title="TARGET (CAD software)">TARGET</a></li>

<li><a href="TopoR" title="TopoR">TopoR</a> (<a href="TopoR#Features" title="TopoR">Delta Design</a>, <a href="TopoR#History" title="TopoR">FreeStyle</a>)</li>

<li><a href="NI_Ultiboard" title="NI Ultiboard">Ultiboard</a></li>

<li><a href="Upverter" title="Upverter">Upverter</a></li></ul>

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<li><a href="Open_Design_Alliance" title="Open Design Alliance">OpenDWG</a></li>

<li><a href="OrCAD#OrCAD_PSpice" title="OrCAD">PSpice</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Geometric_modeling_kernel" title="Geometric modeling kernel">Modeling kernels</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Digital_Geometric_Kernel" title="Digital Geometric Kernel">Digital Geometric Kernel</a> (KernelCAD)</li>

<li><a href="IntelliCAD" title="IntelliCAD">IntelliCAD</a></li>

<li><a href="Open_Cascade_Technology" title="Open Cascade Technology">Open Cascade Technology</a></li>

<li><a href="Open_Design_Alliance" title="Open Design Alliance">Open Design Alliance</a> (Teigha)</li>

<li><a href="Romulus_(modelling_kernel)" title="Romulus (modelling kernel)">Romulus</a> (<a href="Parasolid" title="Parasolid">Parasolid</a>)</li>

<li><a href="ShapeManager" title="ShapeManager">ShapeManager</a></li>

<li><a href="Solid_Modeling_Solutions" title="Solid Modeling Solutions">SMLib</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Sketchpad" title="Sketchpad">Sketchpad</a> (1963)</li>

<li><a href="UNISURF" title="UNISURF">UNISURF</a> (1968)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Italics = discontinued <a href="Computer-aided_industrial_design" title="Computer-aided industrial design">Computer-aided industrial design</a> • <a href="Comparison_of_computer-aided_design_software" title="Comparison of computer-aided design software">Comparison</a> • <a href="History_of_CAD_software" title="History of CAD software">History</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Major_semiconductor_companies157" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Major_semiconductor_companies157" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Major <a href="Semiconductor_industry" title="Semiconductor industry">semiconductor companies</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>

<ul><li>Note = "major" equates to companies with an annual revenue of over US$3 billion, past or present</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Integrated_device_manufacturer" title="Integrated device manufacturer">IDM</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Analog_Devices" title="Analog Devices">Analog Devices</a></li>

<li><a href="Fujitsu" title="Fujitsu">Fujitsu</a></li>

<li><a href="Infineon_Technologies" title="Infineon Technologies">Infineon</a></li>

<li><a href="Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a></li>

<li><a href="Kioxia" title="Kioxia">Kioxia</a></li>

<li><a href="Microchip_Technology" title="Microchip Technology">Microchip</a></li>

<li><a href="Micron_Technology" title="Micron Technology">Micron</a></li>

<li><a href="Onsemi" title="Onsemi">onsemi</a></li>

<li><a href="Qorvo" title="Qorvo">Qorvo</a></li>

<li><a href="Renesas_Electronics" title="Renesas Electronics">Renesas</a></li>

<li><a href="Samsung_Electronics" title="Samsung Electronics">Samsung</a></li>

<li><a href="SK_Hynix" title="SK Hynix">SK Hynix</a></li>

<li><a href="STMicroelectronics" title="STMicroelectronics">STMicroelectronics</a></li>

<li><a href="Texas_Instruments" title="Texas Instruments">Texas Instruments</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Fabless_manufacturing" title="Fabless manufacturing">Fabless</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a></li>

<li><a href="Broadcom" title="Broadcom">Broadcom</a></li>

<li><a href="Marvell_Technology" title="Marvell Technology">Marvell</a></li>

<li><a href="MediaTek" title="MediaTek">MediaTek</a></li>

<li><a href="Nvidia" title="Nvidia">Nvidia</a></li>

<li><a href="Qualcomm" title="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</a></li>

<li><a href="Skyworks_Solutions" title="Skyworks Solutions">Skyworks Solutions</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Foundry_model" title="Foundry model">Foundry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="GlobalFoundries" title="GlobalFoundries">GlobalFoundries</a></li>

<li><a href="Samsung_Electronics#Semiconductors" title="Samsung Electronics">Samsung Foundry</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Semiconductor_consolidation" title="Semiconductor consolidation">OSAT</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Amkor_Technology" title="Amkor Technology">Amkor Technology</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Applied_Materials" title="Applied Materials">Applied Materials</a></li>

<li><a href="Lam_Research" title="Lam Research">Lam Research</a></li>

<li><a href="Tokyo_Electron" title="Tokyo Electron">Tokyo Electron</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Software</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul>

<li><a href="Synopsys" title="Synopsys">Synopsys</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Electronics_industry_in_the_United_States61" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Electronics_industry_in_the_United_States61" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Electronics_industry_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronics industry in the United States">Electronics industry in the United States</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Home_appliance" title="Home appliance">Home appliances</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a></li>

<li><a href="Cisco" title="Cisco">Cisco</a></li>

<li><a href="Corsair_Gaming" title="Corsair Gaming">Corsair</a></li>

<li><a href="Dolby_Laboratories" class="mw-redirect" title="Dolby Laboratories">Dolby Laboratories</a></li>

<li><a href="Element_Electronics" title="Element Electronics">Element Electronics</a></li>

<li><a href="Emerson_Radio" title="Emerson Radio">Emerson Radio</a></li>

<li><a href="Harman_International" title="Harman International">Harman</a></li>

<li><a href="Honeywell" title="Honeywell">Honeywell</a></li>

<li><a href="InFocus" title="InFocus">InFocus</a></li>

<li><a href="Jensen_Electronics" title="Jensen Electronics">Jensen Electronics</a></li>

<li><a href="Kenmore_(brand)" title="Kenmore (brand)">Kenmore</a></li>

<li><a href="Kingston_Technology" title="Kingston Technology">Kingston</a></li>

<li><a href="Kimball_International" title="Kimball International">Kimball</a></li>

<li><a href="Lexmark" title="Lexmark">Lexmark</a></li>

<li><a href="Logitech" title="Logitech">Logitech</a></li>

<li><a href="Magnavox" title="Magnavox">Magnavox</a></li>

<li><a href="Marantz" title="Marantz">Marantz</a></li>

<li><a href="Memorex" title="Memorex">Memorex</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></li>

<li><a href="Monster_Cable" title="Monster Cable">Monster</a></li>

<li><a href="Plantronics" title="Plantronics">Plantronics</a></li>

<li><a href="Planar_Systems" title="Planar Systems">Planar Systems</a></li>

<li><a href="Razer_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Razer Inc">Razer</a></li>

<li><a href="Sandisk" title="Sandisk">Sandisk</a></li>

<li><a href="Seagate_Technology" title="Seagate Technology">Seagate</a></li>

<li><a href="Seiki_Digital" title="Seiki Digital">Seiki Digital</a></li>

<li><a href="Skullcandy" title="Skullcandy">Skullcandy</a></li>

<li><a href="Turtle_Beach_Corporation" title="Turtle Beach Corporation">Turtle Beach</a></li>

<li><a href="ViewSonic" title="ViewSonic">ViewSonic</a></li>

<li><a href="Vizio" title="Vizio">Vizio</a></li>

<li><a href="Western_Digital" title="Western Digital">Western Digital</a></li>

<li><a href="Westinghouse_Electric_Company" title="Westinghouse Electric Company">Westinghouse Electric Company</a></li>

<li><a href="Westinghouse_Electronics" title="Westinghouse Electronics">Westinghouse Electronics</a></li>

<li><a href="Xerox" title="Xerox">Xerox</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Electronic_component" title="Electronic component">Electronic components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Achronix" title="Achronix">Achronix</a></li>

<li><a href="Analog_Devices" title="Analog Devices">Analog Devices</a>

<ul><li><a href="Maxim_Integrated" title="Maxim Integrated">Maxim Integrated</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Applied_Materials" title="Applied Materials">Applied Materials</a></li>

<li><a href="Altera" title="Altera">Altera</a></li>

<li><a href="Cirque_Corporation" title="Cirque Corporation">Cirque</a></li>

<li><a href="Diodes_Incorporated" title="Diodes Incorporated">Diodes Inc.</a></li>

<li><a href="Jabil" title="Jabil">Jabil</a></li>

<li><a href="KEMET_Corporation" title="KEMET Corporation">KEMET</a></li>

<li><a href="Maxwell_Technologies" title="Maxwell Technologies">Maxwell Technologies</a></li>

<li><a href="Sanmina_Corporation" title="Sanmina Corporation">Sanmina</a></li>

<li><a href="Vishay_Intertechnology" title="Vishay Intertechnology">Vishay</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Semiconductor_device" title="Semiconductor device">Semiconductor devices</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Ampere_Computing" title="Ampere Computing">Ampere Computing</a></li>

<li><a href="Apple_silicon" title="Apple silicon">Apple</a></li>

<li><a href="Broadcom" title="Broadcom">Broadcom</a></li>

<li><a href="Cypress_Semiconductor" title="Cypress Semiconductor">Cypress Semiconductor</a></li>

<li><a href="GlobalFoundries" title="GlobalFoundries">GlobalFoundries</a></li>

<li><a href="Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a></li>

<li><a href="Interlink_Electronics" title="Interlink Electronics">Interlink</a></li>

<li><a href="KLA-Tencor" class="mw-redirect" title="KLA-Tencor">KLA-Tencor</a></li>

<li><a href="Lam_Research" title="Lam Research">Lam Research</a></li>

<li><a href="Lattice_Semiconductor" title="Lattice Semiconductor">Lattice</a></li>

<li><a href="Marvell_Technology" title="Marvell Technology">Marvell Technology</a></li>

<li><a href="Microchip_Technology" title="Microchip Technology">Microchip</a> (<a href="Atmel" title="Atmel">Atmel</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Micron_Technology" title="Micron Technology">Micron</a></li>

<li><a href="NetApp" title="NetApp">NetApp</a></li>

<li><a href="Nimbus_Data" title="Nimbus Data">Nimbus Data</a></li>

<li><a href="Nvidia" title="Nvidia">Nvidia</a>

<ul><li><a href="Mellanox_Technologies" title="Mellanox Technologies">Mellanox</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Onsemi" title="Onsemi">onsemi</a></li>

<li><a href="Qualcomm" title="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</a></li>

<li><a href="Silicon_Image" title="Silicon Image">Silicon Image</a></li>

<li><a href="Synaptics" title="Synaptics">Synaptics</a></li>

<li><a href="Tabula_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tabula (company)">Tabula</a></li>

<li><a href="Texas_Instruments" title="Texas Instruments">Texas Instruments</a></li>

<li><a href="Xilinx" title="Xilinx">Xilinx</a></li>

<li><a href="Zilog" title="Zilog">Zilog</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Mobile_device" title="Mobile device">Mobile devices</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a></li>

<li><a href="Google" title="Google">Google</a></li>

<li><a href="Lenovo" title="Lenovo">Lenovo</a> (<a href="Motorola_Mobility" title="Motorola Mobility">Motorola Mobility</a>)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul>

<li><a href="Oracle_Corporation" title="Oracle Corporation">Oracle Corporation</a></li>

<li><a href="Synopsys" title="Synopsys">Synopsys</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Actel" title="Actel">Actel</a></li>

<li><a href="Atari_Corporation" title="Atari Corporation">Atari Corporation</a></li>

<li><a href="Commodore_International" title="Commodore International">Commodore</a></li>

<li><a href="Compaq" title="Compaq">Compaq</a></li>

<li><a href="Fairchild_Semiconductor" title="Fairchild Semiconductor">Fairchild</a></li>

<li><a href="Freescale_Semiconductor" title="Freescale Semiconductor">Freescale</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsemi" title="Microsemi">Microsemi</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Semiconductor" title="National Semiconductor">National Semiconductor</a></li>

<li><a href="Philco" title="Philco">Philco</a></li>

<li><a href="Signetics" title="Signetics">Signetics</a></li>

<li><a href="Silicon_Graphics" title="Silicon Graphics">Silicon Graphics</a></li>

<li><a href="Solectron" title="Solectron">Solectron</a></li>

<li><a href="Sun_Microsystems" title="Sun Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a></li>

<li><a href="Zenith_Electronics" title="Zenith Electronics">Zenith Electronics</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Companies_of_the_Nasdaq-100_index37" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Companies_of_the_Nasdaq-100_index37" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Companies of the <a href="Nasdaq-100" title="Nasdaq-100">Nasdaq-100</a> index</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Adobe_Inc." title="Adobe Inc.">Adobe</a></li>

<li><a href="Airbnb" title="Airbnb">Airbnb</a></li>

<li><a href="Alphabet_Inc." title="Alphabet Inc.">Alphabet</a></li>

<li><a href="Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a></li>

<li><a href="Amgen" title="Amgen">Amgen</a></li>

<li><a href="Analog_Devices" title="Analog Devices">Analog Devices</a></li>

<li><a href="Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a></li>

<li><a href="Applied_Materials" title="Applied Materials">Applied Materials</a></li>

<li><a href="AppLovin" title="AppLovin">AppLovin</a></li>

<li><a href="AstraZeneca" title="AstraZeneca">AstraZeneca</a></li>

<li><a href="Atlassian" title="Atlassian">Atlassian</a></li>

<li><a href="Autodesk" title="Autodesk">Autodesk</a></li>

<li><a href="Baker_Hughes" title="Baker Hughes">Baker Hughes</a></li>

<li><a href="Biogen" title="Biogen">Biogen</a></li>

<li><a href="Booking_Holdings" title="Booking Holdings">Booking Holdings</a></li>

<li><a href="Broadcom" title="Broadcom">Broadcom</a></li>

<li><a href="Charter_Communications" title="Charter Communications">Charter Communications</a></li>

<li><a href="Cintas" title="Cintas">Cintas</a></li>

<li><a href="Cisco" title="Cisco">Cisco</a></li>

<li><a href="Coca-Cola_Europacific_Partners" title="Coca-Cola Europacific Partners">Coca-Cola Europacific Partners</a></li>

<li><a href="Cognizant" title="Cognizant">Cognizant</a></li>

<li><a href="Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a></li>

<li><a href="Constellation_Energy" title="Constellation Energy">Constellation Energy</a></li>

<li><a href="Copart" title="Copart">Copart</a></li>

<li><a href="CoStar_Group" title="CoStar Group">CoStar</a></li>

<li><a href="Costco" title="Costco">Costco</a></li>

<li><a href="CrowdStrike" title="CrowdStrike">CrowdStrike</a></li>

<li><a href="Datadog" title="Datadog">Datadog</a></li>

<li><a href="Dexcom" title="Dexcom">Dexcom</a></li>

<li><a href="Diamondback_Energy" title="Diamondback Energy">Diamondback Energy</a></li>

<li><a href="DoorDash" title="DoorDash">DoorDash</a></li>

<li><a href="Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a></li>

<li><a href="Exelon" title="Exelon">Exelon</a></li>

<li><a href="Fastenal" title="Fastenal">Fastenal</a></li>

<li><a href="Fortinet" title="Fortinet">Fortinet</a></li>

<li><a href="GE_HealthCare" title="GE HealthCare">GE HealthCare</a></li>

<li><a href="Gilead_Sciences" title="Gilead Sciences">Gilead</a></li>

<li><a href="GlobalFoundries" title="GlobalFoundries">GlobalFoundries</a></li>

<li><a href="Honeywell" title="Honeywell">Honeywell</a></li>

<li><a href="Idexx_Laboratories" title="Idexx Laboratories">Idexx Laboratories</a></li>

<li><a href="Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a></li>

<li><a href="Intuit" title="Intuit">Intuit</a></li>

<li><a href="Intuitive_Surgical" title="Intuitive Surgical">Intuitive Surgical</a></li>

<li><a href="Keurig_Dr_Pepper" title="Keurig Dr Pepper">Keurig Dr Pepper</a></li>

<li><a href="Kraft_Heinz" title="Kraft Heinz">Kraft Heinz</a></li>

<li><a href="Lam_Research" title="Lam Research">Lam Research</a></li>

<li><a href="Linde_plc" title="Linde plc">Linde</a></li>

<li><a href="Lululemon" title="Lululemon">Lululemon</a></li>

<li><a href="Marriott_International" title="Marriott International">Marriott International</a></li>

<li><a href="Marvell_Technology" title="Marvell Technology">Marvell</a></li>

<li><a href="Mercado_Libre" title="Mercado Libre">Mercado Libre</a></li>

<li><a href="Microchip_Technology" title="Microchip Technology">Microchip</a></li>

<li><a href="Micron_Technology" title="Micron Technology">Micron</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></li>

<li><a href="MicroStrategy" title="MicroStrategy">MicroStrategy</a></li>

<li><a href="Mondelez_International" title="Mondelez International">Mondelez International</a></li>

<li><a href="Monster_Beverage" title="Monster Beverage">Monster Beverage</a></li>

<li><a href="Netflix%2C_Inc." title="Netflix, Inc.">Netflix</a></li>

<li><a href="Nvidia" title="Nvidia">Nvidia</a></li>

<li><a href="O'Reilly_Auto_Parts" title="O'Reilly Auto Parts">O'Reilly Auto Parts</a></li>

<li><a href="Old_Dominion_Freight_Line" title="Old Dominion Freight Line">Old Dominion</a></li>

<li><a href="Onsemi" title="Onsemi">onsemi</a></li>

<li><a href="Paccar" title="Paccar">Paccar</a></li>

<li><a href="Palantir_Technologies" title="Palantir Technologies">Palantir</a></li>

<li><a href="Palo_Alto_Networks" title="Palo Alto Networks">Palo Alto Networks</a></li>

<li><a href="Paychex" title="Paychex">Paychex</a></li>

<li><a href="PayPal" title="PayPal">PayPal</a></li>

<li><a href="Pinduoduo" title="Pinduoduo">PDD Holdings</a></li>

<li><a href="PepsiCo" title="PepsiCo">PepsiCo</a></li>

<li><a href="Qualcomm" title="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</a></li>

<li><a href="Regeneron_Pharmaceuticals" title="Regeneron Pharmaceuticals">Regeneron</a></li>

<li><a href="Roper_Technologies" title="Roper Technologies">Roper Technologies</a></li>

<li><a href="Ross_Stores" title="Ross Stores">Ross Stores</a></li>

<li><a href="Shopify" title="Shopify">Shopify</a></li>

<li><a href="Starbucks" title="Starbucks">Starbucks</a></li>

<li><a href="Synopsys" title="Synopsys">Synopsys</a></li>

<li><a href="Take-Two_Interactive" title="Take-Two Interactive">Take-Two Interactive</a></li>

<li><a href="T-Mobile_US" title="T-Mobile US">T-Mobile US</a></li>

<li><a href="Tesla%2C_Inc." title="Tesla, Inc.">Tesla</a></li>

<li><a href="Texas_Instruments" title="Texas Instruments">Texas Instruments</a></li>

<li><a href="Thomson_Reuters" title="Thomson Reuters">Thomson Reuters</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Trade_Desk" title="The Trade Desk">Trade Desk</a></li>

<li><a href="Verisk_Analytics" title="Verisk Analytics">Verisk</a></li>

<li><a href="Vertex_Pharmaceuticals" title="Vertex Pharmaceuticals">Vertex</a></li>

<li><a href="Warner_Bros._Discovery" title="Warner Bros. Discovery">Warner Bros. Discovery</a></li>

<li><a href="Workday%2C_Inc." title="Workday, Inc.">Workday</a></li>

<li><a href="Xcel_Energy" title="Xcel Energy">Xcel Energy</a></li>

<li><a href="Zscaler" title="Zscaler">Zscaler</a></li></ul>

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