SAN JOSE – Electronics design software developer Cadence Design Systems reported a fiscal first-quarter net profit of $6.3 million, compared to a net loss of $11.8 million a year ago.

BILLERICA, MA – Cadence Design Systems today rolled out a major revision to its Allegro and OrCAD platforms, adding a host of co-design functionality to the high-end suite while also moving certain sophisticated PCB design features to its OrCAD platform. The EDA design software company also reconfigured the suites to a core format with several add-on modules that users can license on-demand, thus reducing the cost of licensing a full suite of tools.