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<ul><li>Cadence Design Systems delivered a strong start to 2026 driven by accelerating AI-related demand, expanding adoption of its agentic AI offerings, and continued momentum across EDA, IP, hardware, and system analysis products.</li><li>Revenue increased 19% year-over-year in the first quarter, supported by broad-based customer spending, while bookings exceeded expectations and backlog reached a record $8 billion.</li><li>Management raised full-year revenue growth guidance to approximately 17%, citing stronger-than-expected customer engagement and increasing demand for AI-enabled chip and system design solutions.</li></ul>

Cadence Design Systems delivered a strong start to 2026 driven by accelerating AI-related demand, expanding adoption of its agentic AI offerings, and continued momentum across EDA, IP, hardware, and system analysis products.Revenue increased 19% year-over-year in the first quarter, supported by broad-based customer spending, while bookings exceeded expectations and backlog reached a record $8 billion.Management raised full-year revenue growth guidance to approximately 17%, citing stronger-than-expected customer engagement and increasing demand for AI-enabled chip and system design solutions.

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors, Fabricated Knowledge

Douglas O'Laughlin

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors

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<li>Hello from Kyoto! If there was a single big story from VLSI this year, it had to be Backside Power Delivery (BSPDN). VLSI is one of the premier conferences for semiconductor design and has been held since the 1980s.</li>
<li>Today it’s one of the best places to present cutting-edge research in circuit technology.</li>
<li>The key revolutionary announcement at VLSI this year was BSPDN. Let’s discuss.</li>
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Hello from Kyoto! If there was a single big story from VLSI this year, it had to be Backside Power Delivery (BSPDN). VLSI is one of the premier conferences for semiconductor design and has been held since the 1980s.
Today it’s one of the best places to present cutting-edge research in circuit technology.
The key revolutionary announcement at VLSI this year was BSPDN. Let’s discuss.


VLSI Japan : It’s Better on the Backside

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Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Zero One

Founded in 2015, Zero One produces independent investment research and provides corporate finance advisory services with a focus on both listed and private technology companies. Founder Vincent Fernando has over 20 years of experience in US and Asia capital markets.

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Sub-8nm foundry license mix surged from 47.6% to 79% in 1Q26, a real-time read on advanced-node platform demand across TSMC, Samsung, and the leading-edge foundry stack.</li>
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A Tier-1 US foundry engagement (likely Intel Foundry or TSMC Arizona in our view) could be confirmed 2Q26, a leading indicator of which US fab attracts external fabless customers first.</li>
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First 3nm royalties landed in 4Q25; sub-16nm royalty +~700% YoY in 1Q26, confirming the AI accelerator supply chain's transition to leading-edge nodes is now live.</li>
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Sub-8nm foundry license mix surged from 47.6% to 79% in 1Q26, a real-time read on advanced-node platform demand across TSMC, Samsung, and the leading-edge foundry stack.

A Tier-1 US foundry engagement (likely Intel Foundry or TSMC Arizona in our view) could be confirmed 2Q26, a leading indicator of which US fab attracts external fabless customers first.

First 3nm royalties landed in 4Q25; sub-16nm royalty +~700% YoY in 1Q26, confirming the AI accelerator supply chain's transition to leading-edge nodes is now live.


TechChain Insights Q&A: Inside TSMC, Intel and SMIC's Advanced-Node Pipeline - M31 (6643 TT)

<ul><li>Cadence Design Systems delivered a robust performance for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2025, showcasing solid revenue and earnings growth driven by strong demand and an expanding product portfolio.</li><li>The company reported a 14% increase in annual revenue, reaching $5.297 billion, and a 20% growth in EPS, with the non-GAAP EPS at $7.14 for the year.</li><li>One of the standout aspects of Cadence's performance in 2025 was the significant momentum across various business lines, particularly in its AI-driven EDA (Electronic Design Automation) and IP (Intellectual Property) portfolios.</li></ul>

Cadence Design Systems delivered a robust performance for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2025, showcasing solid revenue and earnings growth driven by strong demand and an expanding product portfolio.The company reported a 14% increase in annual revenue, reaching $5.297 billion, and a 20% growth in EPS, with the non-GAAP EPS at $7.14 for the year.One of the standout aspects of Cadence's performance in 2025 was the significant momentum across various business lines, particularly in its AI-driven EDA (Electronic Design Automation) and IP (Intellectual Property) portfolios.

Cadence Design Systems Is Leveraging Global Design Trends — Why Hyperscale, AI, and China Converge!

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Nicolas Baratte

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<li>US – China: Restrictions on Semiconductors are relaxed. EDA tool (Cadence, Synopsys) already relaxed, Nvidia says export license will come, this implies that HBM can be sold to China.     </li>
<li>It’s really hard to “guess” what comes next as US restrictions on technology export to China are just one bargaining tool in much broader negotiations (trade deficit, fentanyl, etc).   </li>
<li>For Cadence and Synopsys, China is 12% of revenues. For Nvidia, China is US$ 30-35bn revenue in 2025 (15-17%).  Positive to Samsung, supplying HBM3 (Nvidia’s H20), GDDR7 (RTX PRO).</li>
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US – China: Restrictions on Semiconductors are relaxed. EDA tool (Cadence, Synopsys) already relaxed, Nvidia says export license will come, this implies that HBM can be sold to China.     
It’s really hard to “guess” what comes next as US restrictions on technology export to China are just one bargaining tool in much broader negotiations (trade deficit, fentanyl, etc).   
For Cadence and Synopsys, China is 12% of revenues. For Nvidia, China is US$ 30-35bn revenue in 2025 (15-17%).  Positive to Samsung, supplying HBM3 (Nvidia’s H20), GDDR7 (RTX PRO).


Jensen Went to the White House, and to China

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. provides software technology, design and consulting services and technology.  The Company licenses its electronic design automation software technology and provides a variety of professional services.  Cadence's design realization solutions are used to design and develop complex chips and electronic systems, including semiconductors.

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Cadence Design Systems delivered a strong start to 2026 driven by accelerating AI-related demand, expanding adoption of its agentic AI offerings,...

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If there was a single big story from VLSI this year, it had to be BSPDN. Intel announces its PowerVia technology, and scaling the backside is the...

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