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Cadence Design Systems develops electronic design automation software, design IP, and system design and analysis products for semiconductor and system engineering. Company updates commonly cover AI-driven chip design, certified design flows for advanced process nodes, digital twins, physics-based simulation, and computational software used from silicon design to electromechanical systems.
Recurring developments include collaborations with semiconductor, cloud and accelerated-computing partners; customer adoption of technologies such as Tensilica Vision DSP IP and Cadence ChipStack AI Super Agent; and financial results across EDA, IP, and system design and analysis. Cadence also reports on expanded simulation capabilities, including structural and multibody dynamics technologies added through the completed Hexagon design and engineering acquisition.
Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) reported Q4 2025 revenue of $1.440B and fiscal 2025 revenue of $5.297B, representing ~14% year-over-year growth. Q4 GAAP diluted EPS was $1.42 and non-GAAP diluted EPS was $1.99. Fiscal 2025 non-GAAP EPS was $7.14. Year-end backlog reached $7.8B with $3.8B expected to be recognized in the next 12 months. Management expects fiscal 2026 revenue of $5.9B–$6.0B, GAAP operating margin ~31.75%–32.75%, and non-GAAP margin ~44.75%–45.75%.
Company highlighted strong AI-driven product momentum, ChipStack launch, double-digit growth in Core EDA and IP, record hardware customer adds, and a pending Hexagon design business acquisition excluded from guidance.
Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) launched the ChipStack AI Super Agent, an agentic AI workflow for front-end chip design and verification that automates coding, testbench creation, regression orchestration, debugging and fixes.
According to Cadence, ChipStack can deliver up to 10X productivity improvements, supports cloud and on-prem frontier models (including NVIDIA Nemotron and OpenAI GPT), integrates with Cadence verification and AI platforms used in over 1,000 tapeouts, and is in early access with major customers including Altera, NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Tenstorrent.
Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) unveiled the Tensilica HiFi iQ DSP, the sixth-generation HiFi family DSP built for next‑generation voice AI and immersive audio.
Key claims: 2X raw compute vs HiFi 5s, 8X AI performance, >25% energy savings for most workloads, and >40% codec performance uplift. Supports FP8/BF16, runs SLMs/LLMs on‑device, integrates with Cadence NeuroWeave SDK and TensorFlow Lite for Micro. Available to lead customers in Q1 2026 with general availability the following quarter; ISO 26262 FUSA targeted.
Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced an industry-first LPDDR5X 9600Mbps memory IP system solution for enterprise and data center AI workloads that combines Cadence’s LPDDR5X IP with Microsoft’s RAIDDR symbol-based ECC algorithm to deliver enterprise-grade RAS with low power and compact PPA.
The solution supports 40-bit channels, sideband ECC comparable to DDR5 ECC, and aims for near-single device data correction (SDDC) accuracy with minimal logic overhead; Microsoft is the first customer to deploy the system. Cadence positions this alongside its July 2025 LPDDR6 14.4Gbps roadmap for future upgrades.
Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) will webcast its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2025 financial results on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
Presenters include Dr. Anirudh Devgan, president and CEO, and John Wall, senior vice president and CFO. An archived webcast will be available from 5:00 p.m. PT on February 17, 2026 until 5:00 p.m. PT on March 16, 2026 at investor.cadence.com.
Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) on January 6, 2026 launched a Chiplet Spec-to-Packaged Parts ecosystem to speed chiplet development for physical AI, data center and HPC applications. The ecosystem pairs Cadence IP and automation with partner IP from Arm, Arteris, eMemory, M31, Silicon Creations, Trilinear and telemetry from proteanTecs, plus a Samsung Foundry SF5A silicon prototype demonstration.
Key technical building blocks include the Cadence Physical AI chiplet platform, UCIe connectivity (UCIe 32G), LPDDR5X support and standards-compliant architectures to reduce engineering complexity and accelerate time to market.
Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced that Dr. Anirudh Devgan, president and chief executive officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the Nasdaq 53rd Investor Conference in London on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
The session will be available live by webcast at 10:00 a.m. GMT on December 9, 2025, and the presentation will be archived on the Cadence investor website with replay access for one year. The webcast is accessible at investor.cadence.com.
Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced that Dr. Anirudh Devgan, president and CEO, will participate in a fireside chat at the UBS Global Technology and AI Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
The talk will be available live by webcast at 1:15 p.m. PST on December 2, 2025, and the presentation will be archived on the Cadence investor website for 180 days. The webcast can be accessed at investor.cadence.com.
Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) appointed Dr. Luc Van den hove to its board of directors, effective January 1, 2026. Dr. Van den hove currently serves as president and chief executive officer of imec and will remain in that role through March 31, 2026, then transition to chair of imec’s board on April 1, 2026. The company highlighted his technical expertise, ecosystem relationships and industry perspective as supporting Cadence’s AI-driven semiconductor and system design strategy. Dr. Van den hove has been with imec since 1984, became CEO in 2009, holds a PhD in electrical engineering from KU Leuven, and also serves as a director of Proximus.
Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced that John Wall, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the Wells Fargo TMT Summit on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.
The session will be available live by webcast at 8:45 a.m. PST on November 18, 2025 and will be archived on the Cadence investor website for replay for 180 days. The webcast can be accessed at investor.cadence.com.