# Cadence Design Systems

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/cadence/  
**Website:** https://www.cadence.com  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Cadence Design Systems is a multinational electronic design automation (EDA) software and hardware company. Cadence provides tools for designing integrated circuits, systems on chips, printed circuit boards, and pharmaceutical drugs, with a portfolio that includes Virtuoso, Spectre, Genus, Innovus, JasperGold, Xcelium, Palladium, Allegro, OrCAD, and AI tools such as Cerebrus and ChipGPT.

## Kin Score — 13.2 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 13.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 4.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **Cadence Design Systems** — Cadence Design Systems delivers software and IP for electronic design automation, including IC and PCB design, verification, emulation, and system analysis. No public developer ...

## Security (1)

- **Cadence Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Cadence Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Electronic Design Automation, EDA, Semiconductors, Chip Design, IC Design, PCB Design, Software, Company

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/cadence/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.