Cadence Design System Inc Stock Price, News & Analysis

Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ: CDNS) announced its acquisition of OpenEye Scientific Software for approximately $500 million in cash. This acquisition aims to enhance Cadence's Intelligent System Design strategy and expand its market within drug discovery, leveraging OpenEye’s advanced computational molecular modeling and simulation software. Expected to close in Q3 2022, the deal is projected to contribute about $40 million to Cadence's revenue in fiscal 2023. The growing demand in biosimulation, with a $2 billion market and 15% CAGR, supports this strategic move.

Cadence Design Systems has successfully completed the acquisition of Future Facilities, enhancing its Intelligent System Design strategy. This purchase expands Cadence's multiphysics analysis and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) offerings. Future Facilities specializes in electronics cooling analysis and energy optimization for data centers, utilizing 3D digital twins to help clients, including major firms like HP and Equinix, improve their operations and lower their carbon footprint. This strategic integration is poised to deliver significant business value and broaden market opportunities.

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) and Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) announced a collaboration to enhance automotive and mobile integrated circuit (IC) development. The partnership focuses on creating an automotive reference design flow using Cadence’s Virtuoso and Spectre platforms, aimed at speeding up design cycles while ensuring compliance with ISO 26262 standards. This initiative is expected to leverage Cadence's comprehensive design tools and Tower's analog technology, strengthening their offerings in the automotive market for applications such as EVs and ADAS systems.

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has announced the acquisition of Future Facilities, a specialist in electronics cooling analysis and energy optimization for data centers, using innovative 3D digital twin technology. This move enhances Cadence's Intelligent System Design strategy, supporting informed decisions in data center operations while reducing carbon footprints. The acquisition is expected to have minimal impact on revenue and earnings in the current year. Future Facilities’ technology aims to optimize cooling efficiency and increase uptime in data centers, benefiting key clients like Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Digital Realty.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) will release its second quarter 2022 financial results via webcast on Monday, July 25, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. The event features key executives, including CEO Dr. Anirudh Devgan and CFO John Wall. An archive of the webcast will be accessible from 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on July 25 until 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on September 16, 2022. For more information, visit cadence.com/investor_relations.

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) has launched the Voltus-XFi Custom Power Integrity Solution, enhancing EM-IR flow for efficient low-power IC development. The solution integrates with Cadence's existing platforms, promising over a 3X productivity boost. Utilized by clients like Samsung and The Six Semiconductor, Voltus-XFi improves design closure and facilitates full-chip verification. Cadence emphasizes its role in sustainable electronics by reducing power consumption through advanced power analysis tools.

Cadence Design Systems has expanded its Tensilica ConnX DSP family with the introduction of ConnX 110 and ConnX 120 models, enhancing embedded processing capabilities for automotive, consumer, and industrial markets. These DSPs optimize performance, power, and area (PPA) with a common instruction set architecture, catering to radar, lidar, and communications applications. Features include 128-bit and 256-bit SIMD performance, low power consumption, and full ISO 26262 compliance. The new DSPs aim to address increasing demands for efficient radar and 5G processing.

Cadence Design Systems has launched Xcelium Apps, a suite of domain-specific technologies for the Xcelium Logic Simulator aimed at enhancing verification performance for automotive, mobile, and hyperscale design teams. Customers can achieve up to a 10X throughput improvement in regression testing. The portfolio includes apps for Machine Learning, Mixed-Signal, Multi-Core, Safety, Power Playback, and X-Pessimism Removal, which streamline various simulation processes. This innovation positions Cadence for continued leadership in electronic systems design.

Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ: CDNS) has announced an extended collaboration with Arm to enhance mobile device silicon development using Cadence's digital and verification tools. This collaboration introduces the Arm Total Compute Solutions 2022 (TCS22), which includes Cortex-A715 and Cortex-X3 CPUs and Mali-G715 and Immortalis-G715 GPUs. Cadence provides optimized RTL-to-GDS digital flow Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs) for 5nm and 7nm nodes, improving productivity and achieving power, performance, and area goals, while also enhancing verification throughput for customers.