EDA Revenues Grow 5% For Fourth Quarter; 3% For 2005

April 10, 2006

Revenues for the EDA industry in the fourth quarter of 2005 totaled $1.253 billion, a 5% increase over Q4 2004. The EDA Consortium's Market Statistics Service further reports that for the full year 2005, revenue came in at a record $4.575 billion, which r

David Maliniak

EDA industry revenues in the fourth quarter of 2005 totaled $1.253 billion, a 5% increase over Q4 2004. The EDA Consortium’s Market Statistics Service further reports that for the full year 2005, revenue came in at a record $4.575 billion, which represents a 3% gain over the $4.437 billion reported in 2004.

EDA’s largest tool category, computer-aided engineering (CAE), delivered revenue of $542 million in Q4 2005, which was 4% more than the same period in 2004. CAE revenue for the full year was $1.925 billion, which is flat compared to 2004.

Revenue for IC physical design and verification tools grew 6% to $346 million in the fourth quarter compared with the same period in 2004. For the full year, the tools’ revenues totaled $1.209 billion, a 4% rise over 2004.

In the arena of PCB and multichip module layout, Q4 revenues were $87 million, a 4% increase over Q4 2004. For the full year, revenues in this sector totaled $342 million, which was flat compared to 2004.

Semiconductor IP revenues for the fourth quarter of 2005 were $209 million, a 13% boost over the same period in 2004. Total IP revenue for all of 2005 was $816 million compared with $731 million for 2004, which represents a 12% gain.

The EDA industry’s services revenues were $69 million for Q4 2005, which was up 2% from Q4 2004. For the full year, services revenues were $282 million, which was about the same as 2004.

For more information on the EDA Consortium and its Market Statistics Service, visit http://www.edac.org

About the Author

David Maliniak | MWRF Executive Editor

In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.