Cadence builds computational software, hardware, and IP for electronic design - EDA, AI-driven design tools, and digital twin technology spanning silicon to complete systems.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., founded in 1988, develops computational software for electronic design. Its portfolio combines software, hardware, and intellectual property that take design concepts through to chips, boards, and complete intelligent systems - a silicon-to-systems scope relevant to teams building robot compute, sensing, and control hardware. The company employs over 10,000 people globally and draws on more than 30 years of work in electronic design automation (EDA) and computational engineering.
The technical stack spans EDA, AI-driven design tools, digital twin technology, and computational engineering applied at the system level. AI-driven tools are aimed at semiconductor and systems companies developing next-generation products, while digital twin technology supports intelligent system design work. Intelligent system design solutions make up the comprehensive portfolio that connects these capabilities across the design flow.
Cadence serves customers across a set of industry verticals that includes robotics, automotive, aerospace, industrial, 5G communications, hyperscale computing, life sciences, and the semiconductor and electronics/systems sectors. Its customer base is global. In 2024 the Wall Street Journal named the company one of the world's top 100 best-managed companies.
