EXHIBIT 23.02

              INFORMATION REGARDING CONSENT OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

        Section 11(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), provides that if any part of a registration statement at the time such
part becomes effective contains an untrue statement of a material fact or an
omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, any person acquiring a security
pursuant to such registration statement (unless it is proved that at the time of
such acquisition such person knew of such untruth or omission) may assert a
claim against, among others, every accountant who has consented to be named as
having prepared or certified any part of the registration statement, or as
having prepared or certified any report or valuation which is used in connection
with the registration statement, with respect to the statement in such
registration statement, report or valuation which purports to have been prepared
or certified by the accountant.

        On March 22, 2002, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. ("Cadence") determined
not to renew the engagement of Arthur Andersen LLP ("Andersen") as its
independent auditor and retained KPMG LLP as Cadence's independent auditors with
respect to the audit of Cadence's consolidated financial statements for its
fiscal year ending December 28, 2002. This Form 10-K is incorporated by
reference into Cadence's previously filed registration statements on Form S-8
(File Nos. 33-17722, 33-22652, 33-32373, 33-34910, 33-36110, 33-36674, 33-43025,
33-45001, 33-48371, 33-53913, 333-18963, 333-27109, 333-34599, 333-40047,
333-61029, 333-65529, 333-71717, 333-85591, 333-93609, 333-69589, 333-56898,
333-33330, 333-65116, 333-75874, 333-82044, 333-85080, 333-87674, 333-88390,
333-101692, 333-101693, 333-102648 and 333-103250) (the "Registration
Statements") and, for purposes of determining liability under the Securities
Act, is deemed a new registration statement for each Registration Statement into
which it is incorporated by reference. After reasonable efforts, Cadence has
been unable to obtain Andersen's written consent to the incorporation by
reference into the Registration Statements of Andersen's audit report with
respect to Cadence's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years
ended December 30, 2000 and December 29, 2001. Under these circumstances, Rule
437a under the Securities Act permits Cadence to file this Form 10-K without a
written consent from Andersen. As a result, Andersen will not have any liability
under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act for any untrue statements of material
fact contained in the financial statements audited by Andersen or any omissions
of a material fact required to be stated therein. Accordingly, you would be
unable to assert a claim against Andersen under Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act for any purchases of securities under the Registration Statements made on or
after the date of this Form 10-K. In addition, the ability of Andersen to
satisfy any claims (including claims arising from Andersen's provision of
auditing and other services to Cadence) may be limited as a practical matter due
to recent events regarding Andersen. To the extent provided in Section
11(b)(3)(C) of the Securities Act, however, other persons who are liable under
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, including the Cadence's officers and
directors, may still rely on Andersen's original audit reports as being made by
an expert for purposes of establishing a due diligence defense under Section
11(b) of the Securities Act.