Segment Reporting

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2014

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 and nine months ended September 27, 2014 and September 28, 2013:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 27, 2014		September 28, 2013		September 27, 2014		September 28, 2013
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	179,883	$	168,125	$	505,084	$	476,525
Other Americas	6,065		7,212		17,900		17,393
Total Americas	185,948		175,337		522,984		493,918
Asia	89,644		73,081		264,946		215,629
Europe, Middle East and Africa	81,923		72,376		241,529		229,053
Japan	42,981		45,853		128,375		144,794
Total	$	400,496	$	366,647	$	1,157,834	$	1,083,394

The following table presents a summary of long-lived assets by geography as of September 27, 2014 and December 28, 2013:

	As of
	September 27, 2014		December 28, 2013
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	201,408	$	207,694
Other Americas	560		294
Total Americas	201,968		207,988
Asia	22,197		23,508
Europe, Middle East and Africa	6,361		6,326
Japan	811		893
Total	$	231,337	$	238,715