Cadence

San Jose, California, United States · AI Core · Semiconductor equipment, materials & critical inputs / EDA & design tools · cadence.com

Cadence is a leading electronic design automation provider, offering tools for chip design, synthesis, implementation, verification, formal analysis, low-power analysis, and 3D-IC design.

Positioning

The other EDA duopolist, with the leading position in analog and custom design, verification hardware and system analysis; sits in front of every custom accelerator program at the hyperscalers and labs.

Latest signals

  • Cadence launched the Maestro AI Model Portfolio to power AI Super Agents for semiconductor and system design.Electronics Weekly
  • Cadence Design Systems raised its annual revenue forecast as AI drives demand for chip-design software.The Elec
  • Cadence Design Systems plans to integrate semiconductor design-specific AI models with general-purpose AI models.The Elec
  • Cadence unveiled an Nvidia-powered AI data center in Munich, Germany.Data Center Dynamics
  • Cadence Design Systems and the University of Notre Dame published an AI-accelerated thermal solver for heterogeneous 2.5D/3D-IC packages.Semiconductor Engineering

112 signals name Cadence. Members see all of them, filtered by topic, source and date.

Facts, with sources

  • >500mRevenue band · semiengineering.com — 2026-09-16
  • NVIDIACustomer · EE Times
  • Cadence ChipStackProduct launch · EE Times
  • Cadence Reality Digital Twin Platform integrated with NVIDIA Omniverse and OpenUSDProduct launch · Semiconductor Engineering

32 facts on file. Members see all of them with the source link.

Scores, AI Core (of 10)

Deployment10
Production8
Commercials10
Progress10
Technology10
Positioning10
Firepower10
Leverage10

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

Peers in EDA & design tools

9Synopsys · 9860Siemens · 89

The segment's suppliers, constraints and risers, for members.

Questions this page answers

What does Cadence do?

Cadence is a leading electronic design automation provider, offering tools for chip design, synthesis, implementation, verification, formal analysis, low-power analysis, and 3D-IC design. The other EDA duopolist, with the leading position in analog and custom design, verification hardware and system analysis; sits in front of every custom accelerator program at the hyperscalers and labs.

Where does Cadence rank in ai core?

Cadence ranks 10 of 100 on the AI Infra 100 (November 2026 edition) with a score of 98 out of 100, in EDA & design tools (Semiconductor equipment, materials & critical inputs). Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Who are Cadence's peers in EDA & design tools?

Synopsys (rank 9), Siemens (rank 60).

Where is Cadence based and when was it founded?

Cadence is based in San Jose, California, United States.

Every company on the frontier has a file like this. 2,000 of them, kept current by agents.

Subscribers see the full file, every signal, the live ranking and the questions the signals answer: where money moved, who controls the layer, where supply is constrained. $99 a month, 7-day trial. What Frontier Tech Intelligence is →

Subscribe · $99 a month