{"title":"Cadence vs Synopsys: EDA & design tools compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/cadence-vs-synopsys","comparison":"Synopsys ranks 9 on the AI Infra 100 with a score of 98; Cadence ranks 10 with 98. The eight measures are level. Cadence is based in San Jose, United States, Synopsys in Sunnyvale, United States. Cadence is named in 112 signals and Synopsys in 210.","companies":[{"name":"Cadence","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/cadence","city":"San Jose","country":"United States","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"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.","assessed_in":{"domain":"AI Core","list":"AI Infra 100","rank":10,"score":98,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":10,"position":10,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":8,"technology":10},"why":"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.","segment":"EDA & design tools","layer":"Semiconductor equipment, materials & critical inputs"},"signals_total":112,"facts_total":32},{"name":"Synopsys","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/synopsys","city":"Sunnyvale","country":"United States","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"One of the two EDA companies every accelerator, custom ASIC and HBM base die passes through before reaching a fab; also the largest design-IP vendor and, since the Ansys acquisition, the simulation layer for chips and systems.","assessed_in":{"domain":"AI Core","list":"AI Infra 100","rank":9,"score":98,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":10,"position":10,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":8,"technology":10},"why":"Synopsys is a leading provider of electronic design automation software for chip design, verification, simulation, TCAD, process modeling, physical design and signoff.","segment":"EDA & design tools","layer":"Semiconductor equipment, materials & critical inputs"},"signals_total":210,"facts_total":68}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}