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 (6)
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“Nuvia’s Architecture License Agreement (the “Nuvia ALA”) with us”— ARM 20-F, filed 2026-05-26 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“The Company continues to have licensing and servicing arrangements with Ampere for which the Company may earn fees for services provided.”— ARM 20-F, filed 2026-05-26 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
Partnerships & collaborations (4)
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“We and Cadence Design Systems collaborate on certification of analog/mixed-signal flow for 28HPC+ process.”— UMC 20-F, filed 2026-04-30 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
Competitive landscape (16)
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗
“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 · View source filing ↗