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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000813672-23-000084
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231106

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000813672
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		IRS NUMBER:				770148231
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

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

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		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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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i84b2fa9f7eea4d36a43cf6a5a429302f_1"></div><div style="min-height:119.52pt;width:100%"><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-right:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THIS LETTER HAVE BEEN OMITTED FROM THE VERSION FILED VIA EDGAR AND PROVIDED SEPARATELY TO THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.  CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR THE OMITTED PORTIONS, WHICH HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH A PLACEHOLDER IDENTIFIED BY THE MARK &#8220;&#91;***&#93;&#8221; IN THE VERSION FILED VIA EDGAR.</font></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:306pt;text-indent:13.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:166.5pt;text-align:right;text-indent:13.7pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FOIA Confidential Treatment Requested </font></div><div style="padding-left:166.5pt;text-align:right;text-indent:13.7pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. &#167; 200.83 by </font></div><div style="padding-left:166.5pt;text-align:right;text-indent:13.7pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Cadence Design Systems, Inc.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">November 6, 2023</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Via EDGAR and E-mail</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">100 F Street, N.E.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Attn&#58;  Megan Akst and Kathleen Collins</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Re&#58;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Cadence Design Systems, Inc. </font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Form 8-K furnished on July 24, 2023</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;File No. 000-15867</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Dear Mses. Akst and Collins&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;On behalf of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Cadence</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; or &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">we</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;), this letter responds to the comments received from the staff (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Staff</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission by letter dated October 23, 2023 (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Comment Letter</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;) regarding Cadence&#8217;s above-referenced filings.  We have set forth below each of the Staff&#8217;s comments (in bold font), followed by our corresponding response (in regular font), using the same headings and paragraph numbering in the Comment Letter.  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Please note that, pursuant to 17 C.F.R. &#167; 200.83 (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Rule 83</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;), we are requesting confidential treatment for certain information that we provide supplementally in our response below.  We are redacting the information from the version filed via EDGAR and replacing it with a placeholder marked with &#8220;&#91;***&#93;.&#8221;  We request that the redacted information be maintained in confidence, not be made part of any public record and not be disclosed to any person, including in response to any request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. &#167; 552.  An unredacted version of this letter is separately being provided to the Staff, along with our request for confidential treatment under Rule 83.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.12pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:119.52pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Consolidated Income Statements, page 50</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;padding-left:9pt">Please provide us with a breakdown of the various revenue streams included in the product and maintenance revenue line item and tell us your consideration to separately disclose revenue from product and services, as applicable. Refer to Rule 5-03(b)(1) and (2) of Regulation S-X.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">We respectfully advise the Staff that in evaluating the presentation of Cadence&#8217;s consolidated income statements and applying the guidance in Rule 5-03 of Regulation S-X (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Rule 5-03</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;), we have focused on the presentation that we believe both meets the requirements of Rule 5-03 and is most useful to investors.  The revenue streams included in the &#8220;Product and maintenance&#8221; revenue line item in our consolidated income statements are a combination of the following&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:13.8pt">our single, combined performance obligation of software licenses and essential updates, and technical software support included within those licenses&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:13.8pt">unbundled software licenses that do not require essential updates or technical software support&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:13.8pt">licenses of intellectual property (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">IP</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;)&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:13.8pt">sales and operating leases of emulation hardware&#59; and </font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:13.8pt">maintenance services on our unbundled software, IP and hardware. </font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">In each of fiscal years 2020, 2021 and 2022, revenue from maintenance services was less than 10% of our total revenue.  Accordingly, for each of those fiscal years, we presented maintenance revenue with product revenue on a combined basis as a single &#8220;Product and maintenance&#8221; revenue line item, as permitted under Rule 5-03(b).  </font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Similarly, revenue from operating leases of hardware was also less than 10% of our total revenue in each of fiscal years 2020, 2021 and 2022.  Accordingly, for each of those fiscal years, we included revenue from operating leases of hardware on a combined basis within the &#8220;Product and maintenance&#8221; revenue line item, as permitted under Rule 5-03(b).  </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">We respectfully advise the Staff that we generate the substantial majority of our revenue (over </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#91;***&#93;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">% in each of fiscal years 2020, 2021 and 2022) from term-based software arrangements that include essential updates and technical software support.  The technical support included with these arrangements includes the right to receive internet, email and phone support.  These software arrangements are marketed and sold as single, bundled solutions.  We do not maintain separate pricing for the software license, updates and technical support, nor do we discretely focus on the value of the software license in making significant operating and strategic decisions.  Additionally, we believe our customers view our term-based software arrangements as a single offering rather than the purchase of a product plus a service.  Accordingly, we include the software licenses, essential updates and technical software support all within the &#8220;Product and maintenance&#8221; line item in our consolidated income statements.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.839%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.535%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.535%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.530%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:119.52pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">We have concluded that the software licenses and essential updates, on the one hand, and technical support, on the other hand, both of which are recognized over the term of the arrangement, are two performance obligations in accordance with ASC Topic 606, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Revenue from Contracts with Customers</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.  However, such determination for revenue recognition purposes does not change the nature of our software arrangements such that we should separate the two performance obligations in our consolidated income statements.</font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">To provide further information about our revenue streams and product and service offerings, we provide disaggregated revenue disclosures based on the nature of our product and service offerings (i.e., by major design activity), as well as based on the timing of revenue recognition in accordance with ASC 606, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Revenue from Contracts with Customers</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> (i.e., up-front or recurring), in Note 3 to the notes to our consolidated financial statements.  We believe that these disaggregated revenue disclosures provide relevant and useful supplemental information to our investors with respect to the underlying sales of our product and service offerings that is aligned with the way that management reviews our business for internal purposes.  We also believe our disclosures of disaggregated revenue based on the timing of revenue recognition of the goods or services provide clear and meaningful information to a financial statement user.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">For the reasons stated above, we believe we provide sufficient information about revenue through the line items in our consolidated income statements, as supplemented by further information about revenue in Note 3 to the notes to our consolidated financial statements, including these disaggregated revenue disclosures.</font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Note 3. Revenue</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Remaining Performance Obligations, page 62</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;padding-left:9pt">You state that you expect to recognize approximately 55% of the $5.4 billion contracted but unsatisfied performance obligations, excluding non-cancelable commitments, as revenue over the next 12 months. Please revise future filings to disclose when the remaining 45% will be recognized on a quantitative basis using time bands that would be most appropriate for the duration of the remaining performance obligations or by providing qualitative information. Refer to ASC 606-10-50-13.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">In response to the Staff&#8217;s comment, we will revise the disclosure in Cadence&#8217;s future periodic reports to disclose the percentage of our contracted but unsatisfied performance obligations expected to be recognized on a quantitative basis using the following time bands&#58;  next 12 months&#59; 13-36 months&#59; and thereafter (less than 10% as of December 31, 2022).</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">We will also add the following qualitative disclosure&#58; </font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">We estimate our remaining performance obligations at a point in time.  Actual amounts and timing of revenue recognition may differ from these estimates largely due to changes in actual installation and delivery dates, as well as contract renewals, modifications and terminations.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.839%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.535%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.535%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.530%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:119.52pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Form 8-K furnished on July 24, 2023</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibit 99.2, page 2</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">3.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;padding-left:9pt">We note that you present several non-GAAP measures in your earnings release, such as non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating income adjusted for stock-based compensation, for which no reconciliation has been provided. Please revise future filings to include a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure for all non-GAAP measures provided. Refer to Rule 100(a)(2) of Regulation G and Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">In response to the Staff&#8217;s comment, to the extent Cadence presents non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating income adjusted for stock-based compensation in our future earnings materials, we will include reconciliations to GAAP operating income.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">* * * * * * * * * * *</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">As always, Cadence is available to discuss further our responses to the Staff's comments. If you have additional questions regarding the matter, please let us know.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.771%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:25.983%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:51.946%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Very truly yours,</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; John M. Wall</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">John M. Wall</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cadence Design Systems, Inc.</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.226%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:94.574%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">cc&#58;</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Karna Nisewaner, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Stephanie Wells, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.839%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.535%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.535%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.530%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED BY CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div></body></html>
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