Overview
Cadence design Systems (NASDAQ: CDNS) is a US electronic design automation (EDA) company producing software for chip design, PCB layout, and system verification. Essential toolchain for designing AI chips used in autonomous vehicles and robotics.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Cadence Design Systems has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Dassault Systèmes1× joint
- 2Google1× joint19 total
- 3Intel1× joint
- 4Microsoft1× joint13 total
- 5NVIDIA1× joint132 total
- 6Samsung Electronics1× joint4 total
Most recent
- with TSMCjust announced
- with Inteljust announced
Cadence Design Systems on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Anirudh Devgan President & CEOsecondary-verified
Former / Previously (2)
- Alan Lee Chief Technology Officersecondary-verified
- Lip-Bu Tan CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Cadence Design Systems.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Cadence Design Systems in third-party press
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) Presents at Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference 2026 Transcript
How Cadence’s Expanded Intel 14A AI Collaboration Will Impact Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Investors
Cadence, Samsung Foundry Expand 2nm and 3D‑IC Platform Partnership
Mentioned on (4)
Registry pages whose text names Cadence Design Systems.
Robots and products (1)
People (3)
Partnerships
7 total · 3 operating · 4 just announced
Every company Cadence Design Systems has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with TSMCjust announced
- with Inteljust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1Dassault Systèmes1× joint
- 2Google1× joint19 total
- 3Intel1× joint
- 4Microsoft1× joint13 total
- 5NVIDIA1× joint132 total
- 6Samsung Electronics1× joint4 total
All 7 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Cadence Design Systems x Dassault Systèmes (Electronic Systems Partnership)withDassault Systèmestechnology—just announced
- cadence x googlewithGoogle19technology—operating
- technology—just announced
- technology—operating
- cadence x nvidiawithNVIDIA132technology—operating
- technology2024-09-25just announced
Timeline
Every recorded move in Cadence Design Systems’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Marvell Technology
2026-08-23Supply: Cadence EDA for Marvell chips to Marvell Technology
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Mobileye
2026-08-23Supply: Cadence EDA for EyeQ chip design to Mobileye
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Samsung Foundry
2026-08-23Supply: Cadence EDA for Samsung chip design to Samsung Foundry
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Tesla
2026-08-23Supply: Cadence EDA tools for FSD chip design to Tesla
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Marvell Technology
2026-08-23Supply: Cadence EDA for Marvell chips to Marvell Technology
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Mobileye
2026-08-23Supply: Cadence EDA for EyeQ chip design to Mobileye
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Samsung Foundry
2026-08-23Supply: Cadence EDA for Samsung chip design to Samsung Foundry
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Tesla
2026-08-23Supply: Cadence EDA tools for FSD chip design to Tesla
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Cadence Design Systems.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Cadence Design Systems from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS) Presents at Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference 2026 Transcript
How Cadence’s Expanded Intel 14A AI Collaboration Will Impact Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Investors
Cadence, Samsung Foundry Expand 2nm and 3D‑IC Platform Partnership
Cadence Autonomous AI Design Engineer Accelerates Chip Verification and Development
Cadence unveils autonomous virtual engineer for chip design
Cadence introduces autonomous AI engineer for chip design workflows
Cadence And Nvidia Push Autonomous AI Into Chip Design
AI ‘Virtual Engineer’ Has Slashed Chip Production Time. The Stock Is Rising.
Cadence Design Systems jumps as it unveils an autonomous AI “virtual engineer” for chip design with NVIDIA
Cadence Design Systems launches ChipStack AI Super Agent with Nvidia at Computex 2026
Cadence Unveils Industry’s First Fully Autonomous Virtual Engineer for Chip Design, powered by NVIDIA
Cadence Design Systems Inc (CDNS) Inks Licensing Deal With Lidar Maker Aeva
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/cadence.md
- RSS feed: /companies/cadence/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/715d09eb-eaf6-470d-ab33-5b0bd4fcbc88
- Revision history: /companies/cadence/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
From taking orders to taking initiative—agentic AI plans, optimizes, and acts. Engineers can now design using natural language, shifting from execution to inte
Want to know how Electromigration works? Here is the course: https://www.cadence.com/en_US/home/training/all-courses/86221.html Custom IC / Analog / Microwav
The skill scripts are very helpful for automating tasks in Allegro X PCB Expert Layout. Loading the tested skill files individually in a PCB Editor is time-cons
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Your chip's accuracy starts with the characterization flow! This short walks you through the Cadence Liberate™ flow in 5 steps from defining cells, models &
Before running Spectre, make sure your S‑parameters are clean and reliable. Learn how the S‑Parameter Quality Checking and Fitting tool validates data and build
SystemVerilog Events provide a clean way to synchronize concurrent processes by signaling occurrences instead of storing states. Unlike variables that need rese
Heat Index
Serious64/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Cadence Design Systems draws attention at the 82nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 5, 2026