The EDA Consortium's Market Statistics Service (MSS) announced that electronic design automation industry revenue for the third quarter of 2005 was up 6% to $1,122 million, versus $1,062 million in the third quarter 2004. Reporting companies employed 21,140 professionals in Q3 2005, up 3% from the 20,462 reported in Q3 2004.

Revenue by Product Category

EDA's largest tool category, Computer-Aided Engineering, generated revenue of $469 million in Q3 2005, 4% above the same period in 2004. The IC Physical Design & Verification segment for Q3 2005 achieved revenue of $296 million, a 9% rise over Q3 2004. Printed Circuit Board and Multi-Chip Module revenue was essentially flat in Q3 2005 at $81 million. The EDA industry's Semiconductor Intellectual Property revenue totaled $199 million in Q3 2005, a 5% increase over Q3 2004. Services revenue rose 9% to $72 million in Q3 2005 over Q3 2004.

Revenue by Consuming Region

North America, EDA's largest region, purchased $532 million of EDA products and services in Q3 2005, up 3% compared to Q3 2004. Western Europe revenue increased 7% in Q3 2005 with revenues of $218 million. Revenue in Japan grew 9% in the third quarter to $243 million, up from $222 million in the same quarter a year ago. Rest-of-World (ROW) continued its quarterly year on year revenue growth, consistent since Q4 1998, by increasing 9% to $129 million in Q3 2005.