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CDNS vs MU

Side-by-side comparison of Cadence Design Systems Inc. (CDNS) and Micron Technology Inc. (MU): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both companies sit in the Technology sector. CDNS focuses on Computer Software: Prepackaged Software, while MU focuses on Semiconductors.
  • MU is the larger of the two at $584.68B, about 6.4x CDNS ($91.10B).
  • Over the past year, CDNS is up 10.7% and MU is up 573.0% - MU leads by 562.3 points.
  • MU has been more active in the news (9 items in the past 4 weeks vs 7 for CDNS).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceCDNS+10.71%MU+572.96%
2025-04-30+0.00%2026-04-30
MetricCDNSMU
Company
Cadence Design Systems Inc.
Micron Technology Inc.
Price
$329.63-0.11%
$507.50-2.08%
Market cap
$91.10B
$584.68B
1M return
+18.63%
+53.30%
1Y return
+10.71%
+572.96%
Industry
Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
Semiconductors
Exchange
NASDAQ
NASDAQ
IPO
News (4w)
7
9
Recent ratings
25
25
CDNS

Cadence Design Systems Inc.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. provides software, hardware, services, and reusable integrated circuit (IC) design blocks worldwide. The company offers functional verification services, including emulation and prototyping hardware. Its functional verification offering consists of JasperGold, a formal verification platform; Xcelium, a parallel logic simulation platform; Palladium, an enterprise emulation platform; and Protium, a prototyping platform for chip verification. The company also provides digital IC design products, including Genus logic synthesis and RTL power solutions, as well as Modus software solution to reduce systems-on-chip design-for-test time; physical implementation tools, including place and route, optimization, and multiple patterning preparation; and signoff products to signoff the design as ready for manufacture by a silicon foundry. In addition, it offers custom IC design and simulation products to create schematic and physical representations of circuits down to the transistor level for analog, mixed-signal, custom digital, memory, and radio frequency designs; and system design and analysis products to develop printed circuit boards and IC packages, as well as to analyze electromagnetic, electro-thermal, and other multi-physics effects. Further, the company provides intellectual property (IP) products consisting of pre-verified and customizable functional blocks to integrate into customer's ICs; and verification IP and memory models to verify the correct interaction with dozens of design IP interface protocols. Additionally, it offers services related to methodology, education, and hosted design solutions, as well as technical support and maintenance services. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

MU

Micron Technology Inc.

Micron Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells memory and storage products worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Compute and Networking Business Unit, Mobile Business Unit, Storage Business Unit, and Embedded Business Unit. It offers memory and storage technologies, including DRAM, NAND, NOR, and 3D XPoint memory under the Micron and Crucial brands, as well as through private labels. The company provides memory products for the cloud server, enterprise, client, graphics, and networking markets, as well as for smartphone and other mobile-device markets; SSDs and component-level solutions for the enterprise and cloud, client, and consumer storage markets; other discrete storage products in component and wafer forms for the removable storage markets, as well as 3D XPoint memory products; and memory and storage products for the automotive, industrial, and consumer markets. It markets its products through its direct sales force, independent sales representatives, distributors, and retailers; and web-based customer direct sales channel, as well as through channel and distribution partners. Micron Technology, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.