Cadence Languishes On

Cadence, (Nasdaq: CDNS) continued to be bothered with the woes of the EDA industry. Q1 results reported last week saw the quarter’s revenue drop by 21% annually and and 37% sequentially to $287 million. However, the revenue still beat market expectations of $285 million. EPS for Q1 met analyst expectation of $0.04, recording a fall

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Smaller, Faster, Cheaper – (Part 3)

By Lance Glasser, Guest Author [Part 2] We are seeing the research and development needed to stay at the leading edge of the semiconductor business increase steadily over the last few years. This has driven a consolidation of R&D into fewer bleeding edge players. This same phenomenon has also resulted in increasing buying power for

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Smaller, Faster, Cheaper – (Part 2)

By Lance Glasser, Guest Author [