Segment Reporting

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT REPORTING

NOTE 21. SEGMENT REPORTING

Segment reporting is based on the “management approach”: how management organizes the company’s reportable segments for which separate financial information is available and 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 during fiscal 2011, fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009:

	2011		2010		2009
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	489,438	$	382,692	$	370,016
Other Americas		25,152		22,218		20,925
Total Americas		514,590		404,910		390,941
Europe, Middle East and Africa:
Germany		43,006		58,942		48,326
Other Europe, Middle East, and Africa		191,874		148,274		140,607
Total Europe, Middle East, and Africa		234,880		207,216		188,933
Japan		204,388		165,155		152,738
Asia		195,977		158,673		120,020
Total	$	1,149,835	$	935,954	$	852,632

The following table presents a summary of long-lived assets by geography as of December 31, 2011, January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010:

	2011		2010		2009
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	230,884	$	254,113	$	282,002
Other Americas		35		34		25
Total Americas		230,919		254,147		282,027
Europe, Middle East and Africa:
Germany		797		773		1,060
Other Europe, Middle East, and Africa		4,016		5,568		5,216
Total Europe, Middle East, and Africa		4,813		6,341		6,276
Japan		3,960		4,532		5,130
Asia		22,825		20,095		18,069
Total	$	262,517	$	285,115	$	311,502