Segment Reporting

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT REPORTING

NOTE 17. SEGMENT REPORTING

Segment reporting is based on the “management approach”: how management organizes the company’s reportable segments for which separate financial information is (i) available and (ii) evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate 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 on 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 October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	123,808	$	97,577	$	360,018	$	274,874
Other Americas		6,116		3,679		19,457		17,174
Total Americas		129,924		101,256		379,475		292,048
Europe, Middle East and Africa:
Germany		9,758		12,212		30,802		49,094
Other Europe, Middle East and Africa		51,885		36,276		143,575		101,553
Total Europe, Middle East and Africa		61,643		48,488		174,377		150,647
Japan		50,989		47,245		150,348		130,121
Asia		49,901		40,945		137,629		114,120
Total	$	292,457	$	237,934	$	841,829	$	686,936

No one customer accounted for 10% or more of total revenue during the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010.

The following table presents a summary of long-lived assets by geography as of October 1, 2011 and January 1, 2011:

	As of
	October 1, 2011		January 1, 2011
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	232,719	$	254,113
Other Americas		41		34
Total Americas		232,760		254,147
Europe, Middle East and Africa:
Germany		794		773
Other Europe, Middle East and Africa		4,085		5,568
Total Europe, Middle East and Africa		4,879		6,341
Japan		4,372		4,532
Asia		17,929		20,095
Total	$	259,940	$	285,115