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EDA & Chip IP — Supply-Chain Map

Every modern chip starts in design software and licensed IP. Meet the EDA and processor-IP vendors that nearly all chipmakers build on.

No modern chip is designed by hand. Behind each one sit the electronic-design-automation tools used to design, simulate, and verify integrated circuits, and the licensable processor and interface IP that designers reuse rather than build from scratch. Because these tools and blocks underpin nearly every semiconductor product, their vendors connect to designers and manufacturers across all the other sectors mapped here.

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Core companies

Supply & manufacturing relationships (9)

Last confirmed 2026-07-29 · 23 days ago · corroborated by 2 filings
“our largest customer individually, Arm China, accounted for approximately 16%, 17% and 21% of our total revenue … We utilize our commercial relationship with Arm Technology (China) Co. Limited (“Arm China”) to access the PRC market.”
— ARM 20-F, filed 2026-05-26 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Filed 2026-05-26 · 87 days ago
“Qualcomm, which is currently a major customer of ours and accounted for 9% of our total revenue for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026”
— ARM 20-F, filed 2026-05-26 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Supplies to ArmAmpere
Last confirmed 2026-07-29 · 23 days ago · corroborated by 2 filings
“The Company continues to have licensing and servicing arrangements with Ampere for which the Company may earn fees for services provided. … For the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized revenue of $ 5.4 million and $ 0.6 million, respectively, from Ampere.”
— ARM 6-K, filed 2026-07-29 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Supplies to AmpereArm
Filed 2026-07-29 · 23 days ago
“Effective March 2026, the Company entered into a development agreement with Ampere (the “Ampere Development Agreement”), enabling Ampere to provide development services to the Company under one or more statements of work. … For the three months ended June 30, 2026, the Company recognized expenses under the Ampere Development Agreement of $ 5.0 million.”
— ARM 6-K, filed 2026-07-29 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Supplies to CadenceIntel
Filed 2026-07-27 · 25 days ago
“IP revenue grew more than 40% year-over-year, driven by strong demand for Cadence’s Star IP portfolio, highlighted by a significant agreement with Intel and additional wins with leading semiconductor companies”
— CDNS 8-K, filed 2026-07-27 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Supplies to ArmNuvia
Filed 2026-05-26 · 87 days ago
“Nuvia’s Architecture License Agreement (the “Nuvia ALA”) with us”
— ARM 20-F, filed 2026-05-26 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Supplies to Arm ChinaArm
Filed 2026-05-26 · 87 days ago
“recognized expenses under a service share arrangement with Arm China of $ 63.3 million, $ 59.4 million , and $ 74.1 million , respectively.”
— ARM 20-F, filed 2026-05-26 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Supplies to LinaroArm
Filed 2026-05-26 · 87 days ago
“For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024, prior to resignation, the Company incurred subscription and other costs of $ 6.1 million, $ 10.4 million and $ 10.6 million, respectively, from Linaro.”
— ARM 20-F, filed 2026-05-26 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Supplies to NVIDIACadence
Filed 2025-07-28 · 389 days ago
“Launched Millennium M2000 AI Supercomputer featuring Nvidia Blackwell”
— CDNS 8-K, filed 2025-07-28 EDGAR · View source filing ↗

Partnerships & collaborations (11)

Last confirmed 2026-02-25 · 177 days ago · corroborated by 2 filings
“In May 2025, we announced the M2000 supercomputer. The M2000 is a specialized, AI-accelerated platform co-developed with NVIDIA to dramatically speed up complex simulations in fields like semiconductor design, aerospace and defense, and drug discovery.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Partners with Astera LabsArm
Last confirmed 2026-08-04 · 17 days ago · corroborated by 2 filings
“Astera Labs’ expanded Taiwan footprint positions the company to bring together broader engineering, cross-functional support, and closer business coordination with key AI platform providers including AMD, Arm, Intel, and NVIDIA.”
— ALAB 8-K, filed 2026-08-04 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Partners with ArmDanantara Indonesia
Filed 2026-05-26 · 87 days ago
“we recently entered into a strategic partnership with Danantara Indonesia, the sovereign investment institution of the Republic of Indonesia”
— ARM 20-F, filed 2026-05-26 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Partners with Applied MaterialsSynopsys
Filed 2026-05-14 · 99 days ago
“Joined Synopsys and NVIDIA in a collaboration to advance AI and quantum chemistry R&D with accelerated materials modeling.”
— AMAT 8-K, filed 2026-05-14 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Partners with UMCCadence
Filed 2026-04-30 · 113 days ago
“We and Cadence Design Systems collaborate on certification of analog/mixed-signal flow for 28HPC+ process.”
— UMC 20-F, filed 2026-04-30 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Partners with NVIDIASynopsys
Filed 2026-02-25 · 177 days ago
“Announced an expanded strategic partnership with Synopsys to revolutionize engineering and design across industries. … Partnered with global industrial software leaders Cadence, Siemens and Synopsys and India’s largest manufacturers to drive India’s AI boom using applications accelerated by NVIDIA CUDA-X™ and NVIDIA Omniverse™ libraries.”
— NVDA 8-K, filed 2026-02-25 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Partners with SynopsysMicrosoft
Filed 2025-12-22 · 242 days ago
“Our Synopsys Cloud offering provides customers additional options for accessing our EDA products in their own cloud environments and in the industry’s first EDA Software-as-a-Service solution developed in partnership with Microsoft Azure.”
— SNPS 10-K, filed 2025-12-22 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Partners with NVIDIAArm
Filed 2025-11-19 · 275 days ago
“Revealed that Arm is extending its Neoverse platform with NVIDIA NVLink Fusion™ to accelerate AI data center adoption.”
— NVDA 8-K, filed 2025-11-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Partners with Astera LabsCadence
Filed 2025-11-04 · 290 days ago
“Collaborations with AMD, Amphenol, Arm, ASPEED, Cadence Design Systems, Eoptolink, Ingrasys, Insyde Software, Molex, Quanta Computer, Synopsys, TE Connectivity, Wistron, and Wiwynn are driving rack-scale innovation with an open ecosystem.”
— ALAB 8-K, filed 2025-11-04 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Partners with Astera LabsSynopsys
Filed 2025-11-04 · 290 days ago
“Collaborations with AMD, Amphenol, Arm, ASPEED, Cadence Design Systems, Eoptolink, Ingrasys, Insyde Software, Molex, Quanta Computer, Synopsys, TE Connectivity, Wistron, and Wiwynn are driving rack-scale innovation with an open ecosystem.”
— ALAB 8-K, filed 2025-11-04 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Partners with ArmAlphawave
Filed 2024-12-31 · 598 days ago
“These partnerships include the compute IP specialist Arm, with Alphawave Semi entering the Arm Total Design Platform in 2023and building on this relationship in 2024 to collaborate onthe development of an Arm Neoverse chiplet.”
— Alphawave IP Group plc Annual report (ESEF), filed 2024-12-31 UKSEF · View source filing ↗

Competitive landscape (16)

Competes with CadenceSynopsys
Filed 2026-02-19 · 183 days ago
“Key competitors include Synopsys, Inc., Ansys, Inc. (acquired by Synopsys), Siemens EDA, and a variety of other tool providers, electronics device manufacturers with in-house EDA capabilities, technical and computational software companies, electronics design and consulting firms, and IP companies.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with CadenceAnsys
Filed 2026-02-19 · 183 days ago
“Key competitors include Synopsys, Inc., Ansys, Inc. (acquired by Synopsys), Siemens EDA, and a variety of other tool providers, electronics device manufacturers with in-house EDA capabilities, technical and computational software companies, electronics design and consulting firms, and IP companies.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with CadenceSiemens EDA
Filed 2026-02-19 · 183 days ago
“Key competitors include Synopsys, Inc., Ansys, Inc. (acquired by Synopsys), Siemens EDA, and a variety of other tool providers, electronics device manufacturers with in-house EDA capabilities, technical and computational software companies, electronics design and consulting firms, and IP companies.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with CadenceKeysight Technologies
Filed 2026-02-19 · 183 days ago
“U.S.-based competitors include Keysight Technologies, Inc., Schrödinger, Inc., and CEVA, Inc., while international competitors include Altium Limited (acquired by Renesas Electronics Corporation) and Zuken, Inc. (Japan) and emerging players in China such as Huada Empyrean, Xpeedic Technology, X-EPIC, Primarius Technologies, Univista, and Giga Design Automation.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with CadenceSchrödinger
Filed 2026-02-19 · 183 days ago
“U.S.-based competitors include Keysight Technologies, Inc., Schrödinger, Inc., and CEVA, Inc., while international competitors include Altium Limited (acquired by Renesas Electronics Corporation) and Zuken, Inc. (Japan) and emerging players in China such as Huada Empyrean, Xpeedic Technology, X-EPIC, Primarius Technologies, Univista, and Giga Design Automation.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with CadenceCeva
Filed 2026-02-19 · 183 days ago
“U.S.-based competitors include Keysight Technologies, Inc., Schrödinger, Inc., and CEVA, Inc., while international competitors include Altium Limited (acquired by Renesas Electronics Corporation) and Zuken, Inc. (Japan) and emerging players in China such as Huada Empyrean, Xpeedic Technology, X-EPIC, Primarius Technologies, Univista, and Giga Design Automation.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with CadenceAltium
Filed 2026-02-19 · 183 days ago
“U.S.-based competitors include Keysight Technologies, Inc., Schrödinger, Inc., and CEVA, Inc., while international competitors include Altium Limited (acquired by Renesas Electronics Corporation) and Zuken, Inc. (Japan) and emerging players in China such as Huada Empyrean, Xpeedic Technology, X-EPIC, Primarius Technologies, Univista, and Giga Design Automation.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with CadenceZuken
Filed 2026-02-19 · 183 days ago
“U.S.-based competitors include Keysight Technologies, Inc., Schrödinger, Inc., and CEVA, Inc., while international competitors include Altium Limited (acquired by Renesas Electronics Corporation) and Zuken, Inc. (Japan) and emerging players in China such as Huada Empyrean, Xpeedic Technology, X-EPIC, Primarius Technologies, Univista, and Giga Design Automation.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with CadenceHuada Empyrean
Filed 2026-02-19 · 183 days ago
“U.S.-based competitors include Keysight Technologies, Inc., Schrödinger, Inc., and CEVA, Inc., while international competitors include Altium Limited (acquired by Renesas Electronics Corporation) and Zuken, Inc. (Japan) and emerging players in China such as Huada Empyrean, Xpeedic Technology, X-EPIC, Primarius Technologies, Univista, and Giga Design Automation.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with CadenceXpeedic Technology
Filed 2026-02-19 · 183 days ago
“U.S.-based competitors include Keysight Technologies, Inc., Schrödinger, Inc., and CEVA, Inc., while international competitors include Altium Limited (acquired by Renesas Electronics Corporation) and Zuken, Inc. (Japan) and emerging players in China such as Huada Empyrean, Xpeedic Technology, X-EPIC, Primarius Technologies, Univista, and Giga Design Automation.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with CadenceX Epic
Filed 2026-02-19 · 183 days ago
“U.S.-based competitors include Keysight Technologies, Inc., Schrödinger, Inc., and CEVA, Inc., while international competitors include Altium Limited (acquired by Renesas Electronics Corporation) and Zuken, Inc. (Japan) and emerging players in China such as Huada Empyrean, Xpeedic Technology, X-EPIC, Primarius Technologies, Univista, and Giga Design Automation.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with CadencePrimarius Technologies
Filed 2026-02-19 · 183 days ago
“U.S.-based competitors include Keysight Technologies, Inc., Schrödinger, Inc., and CEVA, Inc., while international competitors include Altium Limited (acquired by Renesas Electronics Corporation) and Zuken, Inc. (Japan) and emerging players in China such as Huada Empyrean, Xpeedic Technology, X-EPIC, Primarius Technologies, Univista, and Giga Design Automation.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with CadenceUnivista
Filed 2026-02-19 · 183 days ago
“U.S.-based competitors include Keysight Technologies, Inc., Schrödinger, Inc., and CEVA, Inc., while international competitors include Altium Limited (acquired by Renesas Electronics Corporation) and Zuken, Inc. (Japan) and emerging players in China such as Huada Empyrean, Xpeedic Technology, X-EPIC, Primarius Technologies, Univista, and Giga Design Automation.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with CadenceGiga Design Automation
Filed 2026-02-19 · 183 days ago
“U.S.-based competitors include Keysight Technologies, Inc., Schrödinger, Inc., and CEVA, Inc., while international competitors include Altium Limited (acquired by Renesas Electronics Corporation) and Zuken, Inc. (Japan) and emerging players in China such as Huada Empyrean, Xpeedic Technology, X-EPIC, Primarius Technologies, Univista, and Giga Design Automation.”
— CDNS 10-K, filed 2026-02-19 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with RambusCadence
Filed 2026-02-18 · 184 days ago
“In the Silicon IP market, Rambus competes with the in-house design teams at our potential customers, as well as with third-party IP suppliers, such as Cadence and Synopsys.”
— RMBS 10-K, filed 2026-02-18 EDGAR · View source filing ↗
Competes with RambusSynopsys
Filed 2026-02-18 · 184 days ago
“In the Silicon IP market, Rambus competes with the in-house design teams at our potential customers, as well as with third-party IP suppliers, such as Cadence and Synopsys.”
— RMBS 10-K, filed 2026-02-18 EDGAR · View source filing ↗

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