The EDA Consortium’s Market Statistics Service (MSS) announced that electronic design automation (EDA) industry revenue for Q2 of 2005 was $1,091 million, versus $1,094 million in Q2 2004. Total product revenues, without services, were $1,028 million in Q2 of 2005 vs. $1024 million in the same quarter of 2004. Reporting companies employed 20,780 professionals in Q2 2005, up 4% from the 20,066 reported in Q2 2004.

Revenue by Product Category

EDA’s largest tool category, Computer-Aided Engineering, generated revenue of $445 million in Q2 2005, 6% less than the same period in 2004. Printed Circuit Board and Multi-Chip Module revenue increased 3% in Q2 2005 to $86 million. IC Physical Design & Verification revenue was $289 million in Q2 2005, 2% above the same quarter in 2004. The EDA industry’s Semiconductor Intellectual Property revenue totaled $208 million in Q2 2005, a 13% increase over Q2 2004.

To more completely represent SIP, the market statistics service has been expanded to include SIP revenue data from publicly available sources beginning with the current report. Past quarters were updated in the report so that quarterly comparisons include the publicly available data. EDA Services revenue was $64 million in Q2 2005, down 9% from Q2 2004.

Revenue by Consuming Region

North America, EDA’s largest region, purchased $528million of EDA products and services in Q2 2005, flat compared to Q2 2004. Western Europe revenue was essentially flat in Q2 2005 with revenues of $189 million. Japan led all regions in terms of growth, with revenue of $242 million and 15% growth in 2Q 2005 compared to 2Q 2004. Rest-of-World (ROW) continued to extend previous years of revenue growth by increasing 5% to $132 million in Q2 2005.