Segment Reporting

3 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2013

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 the three months ended March 30, 2013 and March 31, 2012:

	Three Months Ended
	March 30, 2013		March 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	149,171	$	130,455
Other Americas	4,615		8,124
Total Americas	153,786		138,579
Europe, Middle East and Africa	78,920		59,709
Japan	53,474		56,219
Asia	68,086		61,323
Total	$	354,266	$	315,830

The following table presents a summary of long-lived assets by geography as of March 30, 2013 and December 29, 2012:

	As of
	March 30, 2013		December 29, 2012
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	209,006	$	214,711
Other Americas	216		185
Total Americas	209,222		214,896
Europe, Middle East and Africa	4,994		5,410
Japan	979		1,649
Asia	22,260		22,484
Total	$	237,455	$	244,439