Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has used forward-thinking innovations to revolutionize electronic design automation. Cadence products now play a role in virtually every semiconductor chip produced. Cadence has led the industry through a series of profound and bold changes. The company’s revolutionary idea to stop providing hardware and software packages to customers, opting instead to become strictly a software company, laid the groundwork for the field.

Cadence also used pioneering technology to allow customers to meld their own design tools to the Cadence infrastructure, keeping the entire design process in one environment. That the system worked on comparatively inexpensive UNIX workstations only encouraged further innovation. More recently, Cadence has assembled a successful independent design service.

Through these advances and others, Cadence has made an immeasurable contribution to the uninterrupted fulfillment of Moore’s Law. Cadence invests heavily in research, operating several advanced research institutions worldwide, and working closely with a number of universities.