Segment Reporting

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT REPORTING

SEGMENT REPORTING

Segment reporting is based on the "management approach," following the method that management organizes the company's reportable segments for which separate financial information is made available to, and evaluated regularly by, the chief operating decision maker in allocating resources and in assessing performance. Cadence's chief operating decision maker is its President and Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, who reviews Cadence's consolidated results as one reportable segment. In making operating decisions, the CEO primarily considers consolidated financial information, accompanied by disaggregated information about revenues by geographic region.

Outside the United States, Cadence markets and supports its products and services primarily through its subsidiaries. Revenue is attributed to geography based upon the country in which the product is used or services are delivered. Long-lived assets are attributed to geography based on the country where the assets are located.

The following table presents a summary of revenue by geography for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010:

	2012		2011		2010
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	567,609	$	489,438	$	382,692
Other Americas	22,967		25,152		22,218
Total Americas	590,576		514,590		404,910
Europe, Middle East and Africa	262,375		234,880		207,216
Japan	218,731		204,388		165,155
Asia	254,742		195,977		158,673
Total	$	1,326,424	$	1,149,835	$	935,954

The following table presents a summary of long-lived assets by geography as of December 29, 2012, December 31, 2011 and January 1, 2011:

	As of
	December 29, 2012		December 31, 2011		January 1, 2011
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	214,711	$	230,884	$	254,113
Other Americas	185		35		34
Total Americas	214,896		230,919		254,147
Europe, Middle East and Africa	5,410		4,813		6,341
Japan	1,649		3,960		4,532
Asia	22,484		22,825		20,095
Total	$	244,439	$	262,517	$	285,115