Cadence Design Systems

As of 2026-10-09, Cadence Design Systems has 0 tracked suppliers and 10 tracked customers in this dataset. The customer list here follows a shared pattern for this segment rather than being individually confirmed for Cadence Design Systems — see /methodology.

Sourced from 2 references — primary source, secondary source — last verified .

EDA duopolist with Synopsys; strong in analog, PCB and verification.

Ticker
NASDAQ: CDNS
Headquarters
San Jose
Founded
1988
Revenue
$5.3B (FY2025) · +14.1% YoY
Net income
$1.1B
Operating margin
28.2%
Market position
leader
Value-chain segment
EDA Software, Semiconductor IP Licensing
Key products
Virtuoso, verification, IP

About Cadence Design Systems

Cadence Design Systems, headquartered in United States, operates in the EDA Software and Semiconductor IP Licensing segments of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market leader there. Its key products include Virtuoso, verification, IP. wafergraph maps 10 tracked customers for Cadence Design Systems across the value chain. It has a supply-chain criticality score of 82/100, with 238 companies downstream of it.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology and computational software company headquartered in San Jose, California. Initially specialized in electronic design automation (EDA) software for the semiconductor industry, the company currently makes software and hardware for designing products such as integrated circuits, systems on chips (SoCs), printed circuit boards, as well as develops large-scale molecular modelling applications and toolkits for pharmaceutical drug developers. The company also licenses intellectual property for the electronics, aerospace, defense and automotive industries.

Role in the chain

Cadence Design Systems is a market leader in EDA & IP (EDA Software), headquartered in United States. EDA duopolist with Synopsys; strong in analog, PCB and verification.

Diligence questions

  1. The dataset names 10 tracked customers for Cadence Design Systems. How concentrated is demand among those names, and which of them have a documented second source in this graph?
  2. Cadence Design Systems is positioned as a leader in EDA & IP. How replaceable is this vendor on the process step you are buying?
  3. Cadence Design Systems is headquartered in United States. What jurisdiction, export-control or logistics risk sits at that HQ, versus at the fabs or plants the filings actually name?
  4. Cadence Design Systems trades as NASDAQ:CDNS. What does the latest reported period say about capacity and backlog versus the graph position above?
  5. Before treating any edge as a verified relationship, check the provenance labels on the company page and the method note at /methodology.

Full diligence pack for Cadence Design Systems

Key products

  • Virtuoso
  • verification
  • IP

Customers

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Compare with

Synopsys · Arm Holdings · Keysight Technologies · VeriSilicon · Rambus · Empyrean Technology

Sources

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Cite as: wafergraph, “Cadence Design Systems — supply chain, financials & market position”, https://wafergraph.com/company/cadence (data as of 2026-10-09).

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