<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-20-033525.txt : 20200602
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-20-033525
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200601
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200602
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200602

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FLAMINIA ALINKA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001389174

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15867
		FILM NUMBER:		20937261

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3975 FREEDOM CIRCLE
		CITY:			SANTA CLARA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95054

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000813672
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				770148231
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0102

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2655 SEELY AVENUE BLDG 5
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4089431234

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2655 SEELY AVENUE
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ECAD INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19880609
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 3 SUBMISSION
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    <periodOfReport>2020-06-01</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000813672</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CDNS</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001389174</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>FLAMINIA ALINKA</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>2655 SEELY AVENUE, BLDG. 5</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN JOSE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>95134</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Sr. VP, Chief Legal Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit List - Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Shirley X. Li, Attorney-in-Fact for Alinka Flaminia</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-06-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
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<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Alinka Flaminia, hereby authorize Lip-Bu Tan, John M. Wall, Yoonie Y. Chang
or Shirley X. Li of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), to sign and file on my behalf the Initial Statement of Beneficial
Ownership of Securities on Form 3, the Statements of Changes in Beneficial
Ownership on Forms 4 and 5 and any amendments and applications thereto, to be
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, relating to my beneficial
ownership of securities in the Company.

I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  I acknowledge that the
foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my request, is not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This authorization shall remain in effect until I am no longer required to file
forms under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with
respect to the Company's securities, unless earlier revoked in writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

Date:  June 1, 2020

/s/ Alinka Flaminia
Alinka Flaminia

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