EXHIBIT 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. to be filed on or about August 26,
2003, of our report dated January 21, 2003, except as to Note 20, which is as of
February 5, 2003, relating to the consolidated balance sheet of Cadence Design
Systems, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 28, 2002, and the consolidated
statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the year then
ended, and the 2002 financial statement schedule, which report appears in the
December 28, 2002 annual report on Form 10-K of Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Our report refers to our audit of the adjustments and disclosures that were
applied to revise the 2001 and 2000 consolidated financial statements as more
fully described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. However, we
were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the 2001 and 2000
consolidated financial statements of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., other than
with respect to such adjustments and disclosures.

/s/ KPMG

Mountain View, California
August 25, 2003