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Cadence Design Systems: sourced choices

19 product and go-to-market choices, oldest first. Back to the case study

  1. 2009Product · Core priorities Tan prioritized analog and mixed-signal design plus verification and debugging. CD1
  2. 2009Product · Interoperability Cadence supported tools working with other suppliers’ products. CD1
  3. 2009Go_To_Market · Customer engagement Tan called for earlier and closer work with chip customers, foundries and IP providers. CD1
  4. 2025Product · Custom design Virtuoso supported analog, custom and mixed-signal design and simulation. CD3
  5. 2025Product · Digital implementation Innovus supported physical implementation and signoff for digital chips. CD3
  6. 2025Product · Simulation Xcelium provided logic simulation. CD3
  7. 2025Product · Formal verification Jasper supplied formal verification. CD3
  8. 2025Product · Hardware emulation Palladium accelerated large functional verification workloads. CD3
  9. 2025Product · Prototyping Protium supported FPGA-based prototypes and earlier software development. CD3
  10. 2025Product · Reusable IP Cadence licensed interface and subsystem IP for incorporation into customer designs. CD3
  11. 2025Product · Manufacturing alignment Foundry process design kits connected design tools with manufacturing signoff requirements. CD3
  12. 2025Product · Board and system work Allegro and OrCAD addressed board and packaging design. CD3
  13. 2025Go_To_Market · Technical sales Applications engineers provided pre-sales and post-sales support. CD3
  14. 2025Go_To_Market · Evaluation Sales activity included demonstrations and on-site customer evaluations; cycles could run six months or longer. CD3
  15. 2025Go_To_Market · Term access Software licenses generally ran two to three years with updates. CD3
  16. 2025Go_To_Market · Product mix Some time-based contracts allowed customers to remix the licensed products. CD3
  17. 2025Go_To_Market · Indirect coverage Resellers primarily marketed OrCAD and some Allegro products. CD3
  18. 2025Go_To_Market · Hardware commercial model Emulation hardware could be sold, leased or accessed through a managed cloud arrangement. CD3
  19. 2025Go_To_Market · IP economics Certain semiconductor IP agreements included royalties on customer shipments. CD3