'''Cadence Design Systems, Inc.''' (stylized as '''cādence''')<ref name="OriginalRef_Staff_investors">Investor's Business Daily [https://www.investors.com/news/management/leaders-and-success/cadence-ceo-lip-bu-tan-builds-once-troubled-cadence-into-long-term-leader/ CEO Lip-Bu Tan Molds Troubled Cadence Into Long-Term Leader] Retrieved November 12, 2020</ref> is an American [[multinational corporation|multinational]] technology and computational software company.<ref name="OriginalRef_StreetStaff1_thestree.com"/> Headquarteredheadquartered in [[San Jose, California]],.<ref name="OriginalRef_Staff_investors"/> <!--Cadence was formed in 1988 through the merger of SDA Systems and [[ECAD, Inc.|ECAD]].<ref name="OriginalRef_StreetStaff1_thestree.com"/> --> Initially specialized in [[Electronic design automation|electronic design automation (EDA)]] software for the semiconductor industry,<ref name="OriginalRef_NYTStaff1_nytimes.com"/> currently the company makes [[software]] and [[Electronic hardware|hardware]] for designing products such as [[integrated circuit]]s, [[System on chip|systems on chip]]s (SoCs), [[printed circuit board]]s,<ref name="OriginalRef_StreetStaff1_thestree.com">The Street [https://www.thestreet.com/tech/news/cadence072120 How Cadence Designs the Future] Retrieved July 21, 2020</ref> and [[pharmaceutical drugs]], also licensing [[intellectual property]] for the electronics, aerospace, defense and automotive industries, among others.<ref name="OriginalRef_VItu_santafenewmexican.com"/>
