XML 69 R59.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v2.4.1.9
Goodwill and Acquired Intangibles (Details 1) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2015
Dec. 28, 2013
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
In-process technology transferred to existing technology $ 11,800,000cdns_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsTransferrredToFiniteLivedIntangibleAssets  
Acquired intangibles with finite lives, excluding intangibles fully amortized at end of prior fiscal year    
Gross carrying amount 514,146,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross 448,003,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
Accumulated amortization (154,814,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization (139,820,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
Acquired intangibles, net 359,332,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet 308,183,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
In-process technology 1,600,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill 3,510,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
Intangible Assets, Gross (Excluding Goodwill) 515,746,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsGrossExcludingGoodwill 451,513,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsGrossExcludingGoodwill
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) 360,932,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill 311,693,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
Existing technology [Member]    
Acquired intangibles with finite lives, excluding intangibles fully amortized at end of prior fiscal year    
Gross carrying amount 328,325,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_ExistingTechnologyMember
237,624,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_ExistingTechnologyMember
Accumulated amortization (84,822,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_ExistingTechnologyMember
(53,243,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_ExistingTechnologyMember
Acquired intangibles, net 243,503,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_ExistingTechnologyMember
184,381,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_ExistingTechnologyMember
Agreements and relationships [Member]    
Acquired intangibles with finite lives, excluding intangibles fully amortized at end of prior fiscal year    
Gross carrying amount 175,202,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_AgreementsAndRelationshipMember
170,760,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_AgreementsAndRelationshipMember
Accumulated amortization (65,512,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_AgreementsAndRelationshipMember
(53,607,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_AgreementsAndRelationshipMember
Acquired intangibles, net 109,690,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_AgreementsAndRelationshipMember
117,153,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_AgreementsAndRelationshipMember
Distribution rights [Member]    
Acquired intangibles with finite lives, excluding intangibles fully amortized at end of prior fiscal year    
Gross carrying amount   30,100,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DistributionRightsMember
Accumulated amortization   (30,100,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DistributionRightsMember
Acquired intangibles, net   0us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DistributionRightsMember
Tradenames, trademarks and patents [Member]    
Acquired intangibles with finite lives, excluding intangibles fully amortized at end of prior fiscal year    
Gross carrying amount 10,619,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_TradenameTrademarkAndPatentsMember
9,519,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_TradenameTrademarkAndPatentsMember
Accumulated amortization (4,480,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_TradenameTrademarkAndPatentsMember
(2,870,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_TradenameTrademarkAndPatentsMember
Acquired intangibles, net $ 6,139,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_TradenameTrademarkAndPatentsMember
$ 6,649,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= cdns_TradenameTrademarkAndPatentsMember
Minimum [Member]    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Expected time for completion of in-process research and development 6 months  
Maximum [Member]    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Expected time for completion of in-process research and development 12 months