# Who are Cadence Design Systems's customers? Who does Cadence Design Systems earn revenue from?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/cadence · Facet: customers · Updated: 2026-07-12T08:20:34.520603+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Cadence Design Systems's confirmed revenue counterparties include NVIDIA, AMD, Marvell plus 19 undisclosed/aggregate relationships. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 22 revenue edges, backed by 11 dated sources, 3 of them primary filings (as of 2026-07-12).

### NVIDIA (high)  → /nvidia.md
- metric: Market share 30% · 2024 · global EDA share
- note: NVIDIA designs its AI chips on Cadence EDA tools/IP — a flagship customer behind its ~30% share; the AI-chip design surge is license demand.
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "Cadence is No.2 in EDA at ~30%."
- [confirms] Seoul Economic Daily (KO, news, published 2025-03-01) https://www.sedaily.com/article/14136879: "Cadence grows on AI-chip design."
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2025-02-24) https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=CDNS&type=10-K: "10-K: EDA tools/IP revenue."

### AMD (high)  → /amd.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to AMD.
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "Cadence is No.2 in EDA at ~30%."
- [confirms] Seoul Economic Daily (KO, news, published 2025-03-01) https://www.sedaily.com/article/14136879: "Cadence grows on AI-chip design."
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2025-02-24) https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=CDNS&type=10-K: "10-K: EDA tools/IP revenue."

### Marvell (high)  → /marvell.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to marvell.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-19) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367226000016/cdns-20251231.htm: "marvell designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "marvell designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."

### Broadcom (high)  → /broadcom.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to Broadcom.
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "Cadence is No.2 in EDA at ~30%."
- [confirms] Seoul Economic Daily (KO, news, published 2025-03-01) https://www.sedaily.com/article/14136879: "Cadence grows on AI-chip design."
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2025-02-24) https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=CDNS&type=10-K: "10-K: EDA tools/IP revenue."

### 알칩 (high)  → /alchip.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to alchip.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-19) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367226000016/cdns-20251231.htm: "alchip designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "alchip designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."

### 미디어텍 (mid)  → /mediatek.md
- note: Supplies foundry, IP and EDA to MediaTek.
- [confirms] MediaTek (EN, ir, published 2025-05-01) https://corp.mediatek.com/investor-relations: "Supplies foundry, IP and EDA to MediaTek."
- [confirms] Namu (KO, reference, published 2025-01-01) https://namu.wiki/w/TSMC: "Supplies foundry, IP and EDA to MediaTek."

### NXP반도체 (mid)  → /nxp.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to nxp.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-19) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367226000016/cdns-20251231.htm: "nxp designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "nxp designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."

### 텍사스인스트루먼트 (mid)  → /texas-instruments.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to texas-instruments.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-19) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367226000016/cdns-20251231.htm: "texas-instruments designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "texas-instruments designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."

### ST마이크로일렉트로닉스 (mid)  → /stmicroelectronics.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to stmicroelectronics.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-19) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367226000016/cdns-20251231.htm: "stmicroelectronics designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "stmicroelectronics designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."

### 글로벌파운드리 (mid)  → /globalfoundries.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to globalfoundries.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-19) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367226000016/cdns-20251231.htm: "globalfoundries foundry certifies and licenses cadence EDA tools/IP for its process (PDK/DTCO)."
- [confirms] TSMC (EN, ir, published 2025-04-01) https://www.tsmc.com/english/dedicatedFoundry/oip/eda_alliance: "globalfoundries foundry certifies and licenses cadence EDA tools/IP for its process (PDK/DTCO)."

### Astera Labs (mid)  → /astera-labs.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to astera-labs.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-19) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367226000016/cdns-20251231.htm: "astera-labs designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "astera-labs designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."

### 르네사스 (mid)  → /renesas.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to renesas.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-19) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367226000016/cdns-20251231.htm: "renesas designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "renesas designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."

### 삼성전자 (mid)  → /samsung-electronics.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to Samsung Electronics.
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "Cadence is No.2 in EDA at ~30%."
- [confirms] Seoul Economic Daily (KO, news, published 2025-03-01) https://www.sedaily.com/article/14136879: "Cadence grows on AI-chip design."
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2025-02-24) https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=CDNS&type=10-K: "10-K: EDA tools/IP revenue."

### Apple (mid)  → /apple.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to Apple.
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "Cadence is No.2 in EDA at ~30%."
- [confirms] Seoul Economic Daily (KO, news, published 2025-03-01) https://www.sedaily.com/article/14136879: "Cadence grows on AI-chip design."
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2025-02-24) https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=CDNS&type=10-K: "10-K: EDA tools/IP revenue."

### Intel (mid)  → /intel.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to Intel.
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "Cadence is No.2 in EDA at ~30%."
- [confirms] Seoul Economic Daily (KO, news, published 2025-03-01) https://www.sedaily.com/article/14136879: "Cadence grows on AI-chip design."
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2025-02-24) https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=CDNS&type=10-K: "10-K: EDA tools/IP revenue."

### TSMC (mid)  → /tsmc.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to TSMC.
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "Cadence is No.2 in EDA at ~30%."
- [confirms] Seoul Economic Daily (KO, news, published 2025-03-01) https://www.sedaily.com/article/14136879: "Cadence grows on AI-chip design."
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2025-02-24) https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=CDNS&type=10-K: "10-K: EDA tools/IP revenue."

### Arm Holdings (mid)  → /arm.md
- note: Supplies EDA design tools to Arm Holdings.
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "Uses EDA for IP design."
- [confirms] Arm IR (EN, ir, published 2024-07-01) https://investors.arm.com/static-files/219a3b28-f209-4d74-8bc6-f9e026d55a95: "Design R&D."

### 크레도 (mid)  → /credo.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to credo.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-19) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367226000016/cdns-20251231.htm: "credo designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "credo designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."

### SMIC (mid)  → /smic.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to smic.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-19) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367226000016/cdns-20251231.htm: "smic foundry certifies and licenses cadence EDA tools/IP for its process (PDK/DTCO)."
- [confirms] TSMC (EN, ir, published 2025-04-01) https://www.tsmc.com/english/dedicatedFoundry/oip/eda_alliance: "smic foundry certifies and licenses cadence EDA tools/IP for its process (PDK/DTCO)."

### UMC (mid)  → /umc.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to umc.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-19) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367226000016/cdns-20251231.htm: "umc foundry certifies and licenses cadence EDA tools/IP for its process (PDK/DTCO)."
- [confirms] TSMC (EN, ir, published 2025-04-01) https://www.tsmc.com/english/dedicatedFoundry/oip/eda_alliance: "umc foundry certifies and licenses cadence EDA tools/IP for its process (PDK/DTCO)."

### Qualcomm (mid)  → /qualcomm.md
- note: Supplies EDA design tools to Qualcomm.
- [confirms] Korea Economic Daily (KO, news, published 2026-01-07) https://www.hankyung.com/article/2026010776221: "Samsung in talks for 2nm foundry."
- [confirms] TrendForce (EN, news, published 2025-03-26) https://www.trendforce.com/news/2025/03/26/news-qualcomm-reportedly-skips-samsung-taps-tsmcs-4nm-for-latest-snapdragon-8s-gen-4/: "Leading-edge Snapdragon volume moved to TSMC."
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2024-11-06) https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=QCOM&type=10-K: "10-K: QCT chipsets and QTL licensing."

### 인피니언 (mid)  → /infineon.md
- note: Supplies EDA tools and IP to infineon.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-19) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367226000016/cdns-20251231.htm: "infineon designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."
- [confirms] SemiAnalysis (EN, research, published 2025-09-01) https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/eda-market-primer: "infineon designs chips on cadence EDA tools and IP."

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