SAN JOSE – First-quarter PCB and MCM software sales fell 8.8% year-over-year to $109.4 million, says the EDA Consortium.

Over the past four quarters, PCB and MCM sales have fallen 8.9%, the trade group says.

Overall electronic design automation industry revenue was $1.25 billion, up 4.6% year-over-year. Sequential EDA revenue declined 1.2%, while over the past four quarters it declined 5.9%.

Revenue increases compared to the first quarter of 2009 were “led by increases in the CAE and Semiconductor IP categories,” said Wally Rhines, EDAC chair and chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics. “Geographically, the Asia/Pacific region showed growth both year-to-year and quarter-over-quarter.”

Tracked companies employed 26,099 professionals in the first quarter, up 0.4% sequentially but down 1.7% year-over-year.

Computer-aided engineering, EDA's largest category, generated revenue of $458.5 million for the quarter, a 7.2% increase over 2009. Over the past four quarters, CAE declined 3.5%.

IC physical design & verification revenue decreased to $274.4 million, down 9.2% year-over-year. Over the past four quarters, IC physical design & verification declined 8.3%.

Semiconductor IP revenue totaled $320.9 million, up 35.8% year-over-year. Over the last four quarters, SIP decreased 0.1%.

Services revenue was $83.7 million, down 20.7% compared to the same period last year. Over the last four quarters, services decreased 21.7%.

The Americas, EDA's largest region, purchased $492.9 million of EDA products and services in the first quarter, down 0.2% year-over-year. Over the last four quarters, the Americas were down 5.5%.

Revenue in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa was up 0.5% compared to revenues of $224.2 million in the same period last year. Over the last four quarters, EMEA was down 13.1%.

Japan’s first-quarter revenues decreased 1.9% to $250.8 million. Over the last four quarters, Japan decreased 9.1%.

The Asia/Pacific region had revenues of $279 million, up 33.2%. Over the last four quarters, APAC increased 7%.

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