EXHIBIT 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
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 June 15, 2004,
of our report dated March 24, 2004, relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and subsidiaries as of January 3, 2004 and
December 28, 2002, and the consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for the years then ended, and
the Fiscal 2003 and Fiscal 2002 financial statement schedules, which report
appears in the January 3, 2004 annual report on Form 10-K of Cadence Design
Systems, Inc.

Our report dated March 24, 2004, contains an explanatory paragraph that states
that the Company's consolidated balance sheet as of December 28, 2002, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and
comprehensive income, and cash flows for the year then ended, have been
restated.

Our report also refers to our audit of the adjustments and revised disclosures
that were applied to restate the Company's Fiscal 2001 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 Fiscal 2001 consolidated financial statements of Cadence
Design Systems, Inc., other than with respect to such adjustments and revised
disclosures.

In addition, our report refers to the Company's adoption of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS, on
January 1, 2002.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Mountain View, California
June 14, 2004