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Cadence's Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding and Acquisitions

Cadence is an electronic design automation software that designs integrated circuits and System on a chip solutions.

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Based on data from Cadence's latest SEC filings

Annual Revenue

Based on data from Cadence's latest SEC filings

Employees

Lip-Bu Tan's photo - President & CEO of Cadence

President & CEO

Lip-Bu Tan

CEO Approval Rating

78/100

OVERVIEW

Founded:

1988

Headquarters:

San JoseCalifornia

Status:

PublicIndependent Company of NASDAQCDNS

Industry Sector:

Systems Software

SIC Code:

7373NAICS listing »

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Trending News for Cadence and Cadence's Competitors

November 18, 2019

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Competitive Analysis

TOP COMPETITORS OR ALTERNATIVES

Synopsys is Cadence's top competitor. Synopsys is a Public company that was founded in Mountain View, California in 1986. Synopsys operates in the Application Software industry. Synopsys has 5,745 more employees vs. Cadence.

Imagination has been one of Cadence's top competitors. Imagination is headquartered in Hertfordshire, England, and was founded in 1985. Imagination is in the Semiconductors industry. Imagination generates 8.52% the revenue of Cadence.

Agilent Technologies is perceived as one of Cadence's biggest rivals. Agilent Technologies was founded in 1999 in Santa Clara, California. Agilent Technologies competes in the Health Care Technology field. Agilent Technologies generates $2.8B more revenue than Cadence.

RANK

COMPANY

LEADERSHIP

CEO SCORE

EMPLOYEES

TOTAL FUNDING

REVENUE

Lip-Bu Tan

President & CEO

- -
7,500
$0
$2.3B
1

Aart de Geus

Co-CEO

84/100
13,245
- -
$3.3B
2

Ron Black

President & CEO

70/100
1,273
- -
$196.6M
3

Mike McMullen

President & CEO

86/100
14,800
$2.2B
$5.1B
4

Babak Taheri

CEO

82/100
250
- -
$45M
5

Kevin Kiziah

President & CEO

67/100
52
- -
$23.9M
6

CEO

- -
241
- -
$26.9M
7

Simon Segars

CEO

70/100
6,250
$113.9M
$1.6B
8

Yiorgos Bontzios

Co-Founder & CEO

85/100
25
$1.4M
$3M
9

Adnan Hamid

Founder & CEO

78/100
15
$5M
$7.4M
10

Luke Tang

CEO

70/100
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The top 10 competitors in Cadence's competitive set are Synopsys, Imagination, Agilent Technologies, Silvaco, Automated Systems Design, Inetworkgraphics, ARM, Fieldscale, Breker and CCT Technologies. Together they have raised over 2.3B between their estimated 35.6K employees. Cadence has 7,500 employees and is ranked 3rd among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 4,365.

Quarterly and Annual Revenue

Trailing 12-Months Trend (TTM)

Annual Revenue

$2.3B

Cadence's revenue is the ranked 3rd among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 1.3B. Over the last four quarters, Cadence's revenue has grown by 1.7%. Specifically, in Q3 2019's revenue was $579.6M; in Q2 2019, it was $580.4M; in Q1 2019, it was $576.7M; in Q4 2018, Cadence's revenue was $569.9M.

Acquisitions

COMPANY ACQUIRED
ACQUISITION DATE
AMOUNT
DESCRIPTION
Nusemi Inc

Nov 2017

Source »
undisclosed
Nusemi is a provider of mixed signal circuit design and signal processing solutions.
Rocketick Technologies Ltd.

Apr 2016

Source »
$40M
Rocketick provides GPU-based simulation acceleration solutions for chip verification.
Jasper Design Automation, Inc.

Apr 2014

Source »
$170M
Jasper provides electronic design automation solutions for semiconductor design, verification and reuse.
Forte Design Systems

Feb 2014

Source »
undisclosed
Forte Design Systems provides a software products .
Tensilica, Inc.

Mar 2013

Source »
$380M
Tensilica is an IP core company which provides audio DSP IP cores.

These are all the companies that Cadence has acquired. Cadence has acquired 6 companies and its latest acquisition was Nusemi Inc in Nov 2017. Nusemi is a provider of mixed signal circuit design and signal processing solutions.

Investments

COMPANY

DESCRIPTION

AMOUNT

INVESTMENT DATE

ROUND

EXIT DATE

D2S provides software solutions for e-Beam manufacturing of masks and wafers.
$9M
Apr 02, 2009
Series B
-
D2S provides software solutions for e-Beam manufacturing of masks and wafers.
$7.2M
Mar 11, 2009
Unattributed
-

These are all the companies that Cadence has invested in. Cadence has invested 6 companies and its latest investment was Nusemi Inc in Nov 2017. Nusemi is a provider of mixed signal circuit design and signal processing solutions.

Cadence News

November 13, 2019The Business Journals: Pittsburgh Business Times

Carnegie Mellon receives $6M for two computer-related professorships

Carnegie Mellon University announced Tuesday that it had received a $6 million donation to support tw... See more »
November 8, 2019PowerPulse

Power Integrity Solution for Signoff Timing-Aware IR Drop Analysis

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November 5, 2019DirectorsTalk Interviews

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October 25, 2019TechRistic

Cadence unveils NVMe 1.4 Verification IP for high-performance computing

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October 25, 2019WorldNews

Cadence's Nimish Modi to Present at 6th Annual Bernstein Technology Innovation Summit in New York, NY

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October 22, 2019Design And Reuse

Cadence Reports Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results

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October 18, 2019Design And Reuse

Cadence 3D-IC Advanced Packaging Integration Flow Certified by Samsung Foundry for its 7LPP Process Technology

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Cadence Blogs

July 20, 2015CADENCE BLOG

Use Model Versatility Is Key for Emulation Returns on Investment

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July 17, 2015CADENCE BLOG

Use Model Versatility is Key for Emulation Returns on Investment

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June 4, 2015CADENCE BLOG

DAC 2015 - Join Us to Experience the Continuum of Verification and System Development Engines!

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February 20, 2015CADENCE BLOG

Double-Take: Power Event Monitoring and In-Circuit Acceleration

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December 3, 2014CADENCE BLOG

Code Coverage at the System Level with Hardware-Assisted Verification (Part II)

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October 5, 2014CADENCE BLOG

Looking Back at a Great Week for System Design!

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October 2, 2014CADENCE BLOG

Cadence Palladium Platform and ARM Fast Models - Making the Future the Present

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Cadence Press Releases

May 29, 2019PR Newswire

Tortuga Logic and Cadence® Collaborate to Deliver Radix-M Firmware Security Validation Platform on Palladium® Z1

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Tortuga Logic, a cybersecurity company specializing in... See more »
May 16, 2019Business Wire

Cadence Palladium and Protium Platforms Enable Innovium to Accelerate First-Pass Silicon Success for the Data Center Market

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cadence today announced that Innovium has adopted the Palladium Z1... See more »
April 5, 2019Business Wire

Cadence Announces First Quarter 2019 Financial Results Webcast

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) will hold its first qu... See more »
March 27, 2019Business Wire

Connect, Share, and Inspire at CDNLive Silicon Valley Cadence User Conference 2019

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February 25, 2019Business Wire

Cadence CMP Process Optimizer Enables Toshiba Memory Corporation to Accelerate Delivery of Advanced 3D Flash Memory Devices

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February 14, 2019Business Wire

Cadence Named by Fortune and Great Place to Work as One of the 2019 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For

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February 7, 2019Business Wire

Cadence to Showcase System and Verification Solutions at DVCon 2019

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Cadence Videos

May 29, 2019Cadence Youtube Channel

"Whiteboard Wednesdays - Deep Dive on Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) - Part 1" on YOUTUBE

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May 2, 2019Cadence Youtube Channel

"GlobalFoundries Expert Insights: Aging Analysis for IoT and Automotive Applications" on YOUTUBE

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March 29, 2019Cadence Youtube Channel

"What's for Breakfast? Sunday Brunch ~ Mar. 25-29" on YOUTUBE

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March 20, 2019Cadence Youtube Channel

"Whiteboard Wednesdays - 5G PHY Use Cases on B20" on YOUTUBE

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March 20, 2019Cadence Youtube Channel

"AI-based Pedestrian Detection powered by Cadence Tensilica" on YOUTUBE

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March 13, 2019Cadence Youtube Channel

"Breakfast Buffet: Best of February Blogs" on YOUTUBE

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March 13, 2019Cadence Youtube Channel

"Whiteboard Wednesdays - Solving Scan Compression Congestion Issues with Modus 2D Elastic" on YOUTUBE

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Social Statistics

Headquarters

2655 Seely Ave

San Jose, California95134

1-408-943-1234

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Summary

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Overview

Cadence is an electronic design automation software that designs integrated circuits and System on a chip solutions. Cadence was founded in 1988. Cadence's headquarters is located in San Jose, California, USA 95134. Cadence's President & CEO, Lip-Bu ...

CEO

Cadence's President & CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, currently has an approval rating of 78%. Cadence's primary competitors are Synopsys, Imagination & Agilent Technologies.

Website

cadence.com

Frequently Asked Questions about Cadence

  1. When was Cadence founded?

    Cadence was founded in 1988

  2. Who is Cadence's CEO?

    Cadence's CEO is Lip-Bu Tan

  3. How much revenue does Cadence generate?

    Cadence generates $2.3B in revenue

  4. How much funding does Cadence have?

    Cadence has historically raised $0 in funding

  5. Where is Cadence's headquarters?

    Cadence's headquarters is in San Jose California, USA

  1. How many employees does Cadence have?

    Cadence has 7,500 employees

  2. What sector does Cadence operate in?

    Cadence is in Systems Software

  3. Who are Cadence's competitors?

    Cadence's top competitors are Synopsys, Imagination, Agilent Technologies

  4. Who has Cadence invested in?

    Cadence's has invested in companies such as D2S, D2S
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