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Latest US Restrictions On EDA Sales To China Tanks CDNS, SNPS

Latest US Restrictions On EDA Sales To China Tanks CDNS, SNPS

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William Martin Keating
May 30, 2025
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On May 29, the two leading US Electronic Design Automation (EDA) vendors filed reports with the SEC confirming the previously rumoured latest restrictions by the US authorities on the sale of their EDA software in China. You can find the Cadence (CDNS) filing here and the Synopsys (SNPS) filing here. Privately held Siemens EDA, the third largest EDA vendor globally, has not issued any statement in relation to this matter.

Both CDNS and SNPS saw their share prices tank >10% as the news broke…

What do these latest restrictions mean for CDNS and SNPS? How big is their exposure to the China market and what are the implications for their customers in China? Let’s dig in…

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