Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) 22 Jul 242024 Q2 Earnings call transcript

Good afternoon. My name is Briana, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Cadence Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I will now turn the call over to Richard Gu, Vice President of Investor Relations for Cadence. Please go ahead.

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with comes final question from Vruwink Baird. Joe Our

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now turn for remarks. I Anirudh Devgan closing will to the call back

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