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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) is a software publisher focused on electronic design automation (EDA), design IP and system design and analysis, with a strong emphasis on AI and digital twins. The CDNS news feed highlights how the company’s computational software and Intelligent System Design™ strategy support semiconductor and systems companies across hyperscale computing, mobile communications, automotive, aerospace, industrial, life sciences and robotics.
Investors and industry followers can use this page to review company announcements on financial results, including quarterly earnings releases, backlog updates, margin disclosures and business outlooks, which Cadence distributes via press releases and related 8-K filings. These updates often include commentary from senior management and details on product and maintenance revenue, services revenue and non-GAAP metrics.
Cadence news also covers technology milestones and product introductions. Examples include LPDDR5X and LPDDR6 memory IP system solutions for AI training, inference and data center workloads, as well as announcements related to memory and interface IP for standards such as HBM, DDR5, PCIe, UCIe, UALink and high-speed Ethernet. Other releases describe the company’s Chiplet Spec-to-Packaged Parts ecosystem and Physical AI chiplet platform, developed in collaboration with partners like Arm and Samsung Foundry to support chiplet-based architectures for physical AI, data center and HPC applications.
Additional news items address strategic transactions and governance, such as the acquisition of Secure-IC, the planned acquisition of Hexagon’s design and engineering business, and board appointments including Dr. Luc Van den hove. Community-focused announcements, like the Cadence Giving Foundation’s multi-year commitment to expand the AI Hub at San José State University, provide insight into the company’s engagement with education and the broader AI ecosystem.
By following CDNS news, readers can track how Cadence’s EDA tools, design IP, AI and digital twin technologies evolve, how the company communicates its financial performance, and how strategic partnerships and acquisitions shape its role in semiconductor and system design. Bookmark this page to access an organized stream of Cadence press releases and related updates.
Cadence (NASDAQ: CDNS) and NVIDIA expanded their collaboration on agentic AI and physics‑grounded design solutions on March 16, 2026. The partnership delivers accelerated design stacks on NVIDIA Grace CPUs, Blackwell GPUs and the Cadence Millennium M2000, claiming up to 80X throughput and 20X lower power.
Highlighted solvers (Clarity 3D, Celsius, Voltus, Spectre X) show up to 5X speed or 4X cost iso‑performance versus CPU alternatives; customer use cases include Honda, Micron and Larsen & Toubro Semiconductor.
Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced that Dr. Anirudh Devgan, president and CEO, will participate in a fireside chat at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
The talk will be webcast live at 2:35 p.m. PST on March 4, 2026, with the presentation archived on the Cadence investor site for one year; the webcast is available at investor.cadence.com.
Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) completed its acquisition of Hexagon's Design and Engineering business for approximately 2.7 billion, structured 70% cash and 30% Cadence stock. The deal includes an estimated 150 million of transaction-related taxes.
Cadence expects the acquired business to add $160 million to 2026 revenue and to be ~$0.28 dilutive to 2026 non-GAAP EPS, becoming accretive in 2027; integration expands Cadence's multiphysics and Physical AI capabilities.
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.