01The Synopsys Inc HAV / emulation seat is 43 current versus 11 jobs
The citeable seat is Synopsys Inc's 43 mapped hardware-assisted-verification / emulation seats versus 11 open jobs.
Synopsys Inc maps 43 current hardware-assisted-verification / emulation seats and 11 open jobs. The bench is there; the job book is still open.
Cadence Design Systems maps 4 open jobs in the same seat against 29 current. The first screen cites Synopsys Inc 43 versus 11; 29 versus 4 sits in the next section.
The headline sum adds Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys Inc only: mapped current 29 + 43 = 72, mapped open jobs 4 + 11 = 15.
18 of 43 Synopsys Inc current seats are US. Geography is read later; company-wide EDA is not this page's lede.
02Cadence Design Systems is staffed at 29 against 4 jobs
Cadence Design Systems maps 29 current hardware-assisted-verification / emulation seats against 4 jobs. Thick bench, thin book. Scale is Synopsys Inc current, 43.
03US holds 18 of 43 Synopsys Inc current seats
18 of 43 Synopsys Inc current seats are US.
04The two-vendor floor is 72 current and 15 jobs
Cadence Design Systems maps 29 current seats and 4 open jobs. Headline sum, two names only: 72 current / 15 jobs.
| Company | Mapped current | Mapped open jobs | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Synopsys Inc | 43 | 11 | headline emulation seat |
| Cadence Design Systems | 29 | 4 | headline · staffed |
| Headline sum | 72 | 15 | two EDA names only |
05How the HAV / emulation slice was cut, and why Cadence is never bare
Function slice
Title / function tokens: emulation, or hardware-assisted verification, or HAV, or Palladium, or Protium, or ZeBu, or FPGA prototyping, or systems verification. Place-and-route, synthesis, Coverity, Ansys, fab/OSAT, and company-wide EDA were not used. This is not the overseas-chip map.
Current and open jobs
The figures are profiles Metix maps as currently employed at that company name, and visible open jobs mapped to that name, not official headcount.
Names
Cadence Design Systems is the cadence.com San Jose company and is never written as bare Cadence; 656 Cadence-name collisions are out. Synopsys Inc is the synopsys.com company record; Armenia and India stubs, Coverity, and SNUG are not unioned.
As-of and source
As of August 26, 2026, 4:20 a.m. PT (8/26). Source: Metix AI. This page does not invent company-wide EDA totals and does not remake the overseas-chip map.
Questions this report answers
- What is the Synopsys Inc 43-versus-11 hardware-assisted-verification seat?
- As of August 26, 2026, 4:20 a.m. PT, Synopsys Inc maps 43 current hardware-assisted-verification / emulation seats versus 11 open jobs in that seat. Cadence Design Systems maps 29 current / 4 jobs. Headline sum, two names only: 72 current / 15 jobs. These are Metix-mapped function-slice counts, not official headcount. Source: Metix AI.
- What does Cadence Design Systems map at 29 current and 4 jobs?
- Cadence Design Systems (cadence.com, San Jose) maps 29 current HAV / emulation seats and 4 open jobs. Synopsys Inc is 43 current versus 11 jobs. These are Metix-mapped counts, not official headcount, not company-wide EDA.
- Why is 72 / 15 not company-wide EDA and not the overseas-chip remake?
- 72 current / 15 jobs adds Cadence Design Systems 29 / 4 and Synopsys Inc 43 / 11 only. The slice is emulation / hardware-assisted verification / HAV, not P&R, synthesis, Coverity, Ansys, fab/OSAT, or company-wide EDA, and it is not a remake of the overseas-chip map.
- How should the Synopsys Inc 43 HAV / emulation map be cited?
- Metix AI Talent Intelligence, 2026-08-26. Emulation / HAV Talent Map 2026 | Metix AI. https://metix.ai/reports/series/cadence-synopsys-emulation-hav-2026
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