Segment Reporting

9 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT REPORTING

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 upon 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 September 29, 2012 and October 1, 2011:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 29, 2012		October 1, 2011		September 29, 2012		October 1, 2011
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	141,509	$	123,808	$	414,888	$	360,018
Other Americas	4,733		6,116		18,659		19,457
Total Americas	146,242		129,924		433,547		379,475
Europe, Middle East and Africa	66,392		61,643		191,097		174,377
Japan	58,757		50,989		168,856		150,348
Asia	67,142		49,901		187,339		137,629
Total	$	338,533	$	292,457	$	980,839	$	841,829

The following table presents a summary of long-lived assets by geography as of September 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

	As of
	September 29, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(In thousands)
Americas:
United States	$	215,656	$	230,884
Other Americas	84		35
Total Americas	215,740		230,919
Europe, Middle East and Africa	5,081		4,813
Japan	2,247		3,960
Asia	23,788		22,825
Total	$	246,856	$	262,517