What Cadence makes for data centers
public · cadence.com
Cadence is a publicly listed company. It appears on 2 parts of the AI data center — ASIC design services, IP & EDA and DCIM, digital twins, capacity planning — in the role of service. Those parts sit in Layer 1 — Compute silicon & packaging and Layer 11 — Software, tools & services touching the hardware (optional). Its shares trade on US exchanges (NYSE/Nasdaq) as CDNS.
Parts, by layer
Layer 1 — Compute silicon & packaging
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASIC design services, IP & EDA | service | inferred | Alchip, Arm, Broadcom, Credo, Faraday, Global Unichip | EDA and IP |
Layer 11 — Software, tools & services touching the hardware (optional)
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCIM, digital twins, capacity planning | service | disclosed | Schneider Electric, Autodesk, Bentley, Carrier, Nvidia, Siemens | Reality DC / 6SigmaDCX |
Where Cadence sits in the stack
Cadence's placements in this catalog cover 2 parts, from layer 1 (compute silicon & packaging) to layer 11 (software, tools & services touching the hardware (optional)). None of them currently carries a sourced supply constraint tag. Across these parts it overlaps with other companies most often on the lines below.
What these parts are
- ASIC design services, IP & EDA — Outside firms and licensors — design-services houses, IP blocks, and EDA software — that hyperscalers and accelerator startups use to turn a chip specification into a manufacturable design.
- DCIM, digital twins, capacity planning — Software that models a data center's power, cooling, space, and asset capacity in a live digital twin, giving operators visibility into what a facility can still support.
Closest peers in this catalog
Disclosed customers
| Customer | % | Metric | Period | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one customer | 11% | receivables | 2025-12-31 | 10-K |
Questions about Cadence
- What does Cadence make for AI data centers?
- This catalog places Cadence on 2 parts: ASIC design services, IP & EDA (service) and DCIM, digital twins, capacity planning (service).
- Is Cadence publicly traded?
- Yes — Cadence is listed on US exchanges (NYSE/Nasdaq) under CDNS. Prices shown on this page are a nightly snapshot, not real-time, and nothing here is investment advice.
- Who else makes ASIC design services, IP & EDA for AI data centers?
- Alchip, Arm, Broadcom, Credo, Faraday and Global Unichip are also placed on ASIC design services, IP & EDA in this catalog.
- How well sourced are these placements?
- Every part→company placement carries a confidence tag. For Cadence the mix is 1 disclosed and 1 inferred. "disclosed" means the company or a filing says so; "reported" comes from trade press or a reference-design list; "inferred" is a lead from the taxonomy with no citation yet. Treat reported and inferred as leads, not facts.
Answers are generated from this catalog's own rows — see sources & method.