SAN JOSE -- Cadence Design Systems' strategy to boost its focus on systems-level companies is paying off, company executives told analysts yesterday.

RICHARDSON, TX – Seamless interoperability between Asset InterTech and Mentor Graphics Tessent products for the IEEE P1687 Internal JTAG embedded instrumentation standard will allow engineers to accurately debug and isolate issues in either a complex system-on-a-chip or on the printed circuit board where the chip has been deployed, the companies said today.