<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-21-009084.txt : 20210209
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-21-009084
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210208
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210209
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210209

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MANDAVA SURENDRA BABU
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001198816

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15867
		FILM NUMBER:		21608751

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		47211 LAKEVIEW BLVD
		CITY:			FREMONT
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94538

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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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares transferred as bona fide gifts from the Reporting Person to the children of the Reporting Person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares withheld to satisfy tax obligations arising out of vesting of restricted stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Amount of securities beneficially owned includes 126 shares acquired by the Reporting Person through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan on January 29, 2021.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Shirley X. Li, Attorney-in-Fact for Surendra Babu Mandava</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-02-09</signatureDate>
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<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Surendra Babu Mandava, hereby authorize Lip-Bu Tan, John Wall, Alinka
Flaminia, Shirley Li or Ahalya Hildreth 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 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: December 14, 2020

/s/ Surendra Babu Mandava

Surendra Babu Mandava

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