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semiconductor eda, ranked by real usage_

As of 4 November 2026, Cadence Design Systems leads semiconductor eda with 899 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of UVM at 353.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
Cadence Design Systems · 899
Runner-up
UVM · 353
Most hiring, 90 days
Cadence Design Systems
Highest postings per company
Synopsys Fusion Compiler
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
5,360companies across the category
17%of them on Cadence Design Systems
26,418postings naming a semiconductor eda in 90 days
40tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every semiconductor eda we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
Cadence Design SystemsCadence
899
4,0454.5
2
UVMAccellera
353
2,6997.6
3
VivadoAMD
310
1,0563.4
4
GDSIICadence
264
7512.8
5
Synopsys EDA toolsSynopsys
245
1,4976.1
6
AXIArm
227
1,1104.9
7
Synopsys VCSSynopsys
205
1,0405.1
8
Cadence VirtuosoCadence
192
1,2776.7
9
Siemens EDASiemens
185
1,1066.0
10
Intel Quartus PrimeIntel
177
5563.1
11
ModelSimSiemens EDA
157
4622.9
12
CalibreSiemens EDA
129
7956.2
13
QuestaSiemens EDA
125
3993.2
14
Cadence SpectreCadence
120
7456.2
15
Cadence InnovusCadence Design Systems
97
5725.9
16
AMBA APBArm
93
3774.1
17
AMBAArm
89
4965.6
18
Synopsys PrimeTimeSynopsys
88
7058.0
19
VitisAMD
87
3053.5
20
AMBA AHBArm
86
4855.6
21
Cadence XceliumCadence
86
3464.0
22
Cadence TempusCadence
84
3594.3
23
UPF (Unified Power Format)IEEE
75
3985.3
24
Cadence GenusCadence
71
2153.0
25
HSPICESynopsys
70
5688.1
26
Cadence PegasusCadence
68
4136.1
27
QuestaSimSiemens
66
2573.9
28
KLayoutKLayout
61
1061.7
29
Synopsys IC Compiler IISynopsys
60
4136.9
30
Cadence PalladiumCadence
59
3315.6
31
SDCSynopsys
59
1712.9
32
Synopsys Fusion CompilerSynopsys
56
5018.9
33
TessentSiemens EDA
56
1783.2
34
cocotb
54
801.5
35
AMBA AXIArm
52
1613.1
36
Siemens VeloceSiemens EDA
52
2524.8
37
Synopsys VerdiSynopsys
52
3015.8
38
Synopsys Design CompilerSynopsys
51
2214.3
39
Ansys RedHawkAnsys
50
3967.9
40
ZeBuSynopsys
50
2735.5
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

Same data, two columns: who chooses which by size, industry and country.

Cadence Design Systems vs UVM899 · 353Cadence Design Systems vs Vivado899 · 310Cadence Design Systems vs GDSII899 · 264Cadence Design Systems vs Synopsys EDA tools899 · 245Cadence Design Systems vs AXI899 · 227UVM vs Vivado353 · 310UVM vs GDSII353 · 264UVM vs Synopsys EDA tools353 · 245UVM vs AXI353 · 227Vivado vs GDSII310 · 264Vivado vs Synopsys EDA tools310 · 245Vivado vs AXI310 · 227GDSII vs Synopsys EDA tools264 · 245GDSII vs AXI264 · 227Synopsys EDA tools vs AXI245 · 227
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Cadence Design Systems leads semiconductor eda with 899 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of UVM at 353. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/semiconductor-eda)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

semiconductor eda: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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