Segment Reporting

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT REPORTING

NOTE 15. SEGMENT REPORTING

Segment reporting is based on the “management approach,” following the method that management organizes the company’s reportable segments for which separate financial information is made available to, and evaluated regularly by, the chief operating decision maker in allocating 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 months ended March 31, 2012 and April 2, 2011:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2012		April 2, 2011
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	130,455	$	112,019
Other Americas		8,124		5,141
Total Americas		138,579		117,160
Europe, Middle East and Africa:
Germany		13,255		11,725
Other Europe, Middle East and Africa		46,454		44,551
Total Europe, Middle East and Africa		59,709		56,276
Japan		56,219		50,165
Asia:
China		16,523		11,634
Other Asia		44,800		30,867
Total Asia		61,323		42,501
Total	$	315,830	$	266,102

The following table presents a summary of long-lived assets by geography as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

	As of
	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	226,619	$	230,884
Other Americas		28		35
Total Americas		226,647		230,919
Europe, Middle East and Africa:
Germany		792		797
Other Europe, Middle East and Africa		4,189		4,016
Total Europe, Middle East and Africa		4,981		4,813
Japan		3,144		3,960
Asia:
China		7,796		7,820
Other Asia		15,175		15,005
Total Asia		22,971		22,825
Total	$	257,743	$	262,517