Segment Reporting

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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 and six months ended June 30, 2012 and July 2, 2011:

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2012		July 2, 2011		June 30, 2012		July 2, 2011
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	142,925	$	124,191	$	273,380	$	236,210
Other Americas		5,802		8,200		13,926		13,341
Total Americas		148,727		132,391		287,306		249,551
Europe, Middle East and Africa		64,996		56,458		124,705		112,734
Japan		53,880		49,194		110,099		99,359
Asia		58,873		45,227		120,196		87,728
Total	$	326,476	$	283,270	$	642,306	$	549,372

The following table presents a summary of long-lived assets by geography as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

	As of
	June 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	222,232	$	230,884
Other Americas		23		35
Total Americas		222,255		230,919
Europe, Middle East and Africa		4,858		4,813
Japan		2,695		3,960
Asia		22,112		22,825
Total	$	251,920	$	262,517