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Synopsys, Inc
(NASDAQ:SNPS) 

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Synopsys, Inc. provides electronic design automation software products used to design and test integrated circuits. It offers Fusion Design Platform, a digital design implementation solution; Verification Continuum Platform that provides virtual prototyping, static and formal verification, simulatio...

Founded: 1986
Full Time Employees: 19,000 (Dec 2022)
Founder: Aart de Geus, David Gregory, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Bill Krieger 
CEO: Aart de Geus, Chi-Foon Chan  
Sector: Technology
Industry: Software-Infrastructure

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At a glance:
  • Market Leader in EDA and Semiconductor IP: Synopsys is a top provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and semiconductor intellectual property (IP), benefiting from long product cycles and deep integration into customers’ chip design workflows.
  • Demand Supported by AI, HPC, and Advanced Node Complexity: Growth is driven by rising chip design complexity—especially for AI and high-performance computing—along with continued migration to leading-edge process nodes that require more sophisticated tools and verification.
  • High-Quality, Recurring Revenue Profile: A significant portion of revenue is recurring (time-based licenses, maintenance, and subscriptions), supporting strong visibility, resilient margins, and durable customer relationships.
  • Strategic Expansion in System Design and Security: Synopsys has expanded beyond core EDA into areas like software integrity/security and broader system design, aiming to increase total addressable market and embed earlier in product development cycles.
  • Key Risks: Semiconductor Cyclicality and Competitive Dynamics: Performance can be influenced by semiconductor capex cycles, customer consolidation, and competition from other EDA and IP providers, with execution risk tied to sustaining innovation at advanced nodes.
Bull Thesis:
  • Dominant Position in Essential EDA Market: Synopsys holds a leading position in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software market, which is critical for the design and verification of advanced semiconductors. This market benefits from high barriers to entry, deep customer integration, and the essential nature of its tools for all chip development, ensuring stable and recurring revenue streams.
  • Tailwinds from AI/ML and Advanced Process Nodes: The increasing complexity of chips driven by AI/ML, high-performance computing (HPC), and the relentless march towards advanced process nodes (e.g., 3nm, 2nm) directly fuels demand for Synopsys's sophisticated EDA tools and IP. These trends necessitate more advanced design, verification, and manufacturing solutions, where Synopsys is a key enabler.
  • Robust IP Portfolio and High Switching Costs: Synopsys boasts a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor IP (e.g., USB, PCIe, DDR), which is licensed to chip designers, providing high-margin, recurring revenue. The deep integration of their tools and IP into customer workflows creates significant switching costs, fostering long-term customer relationships and predictable subscription-based revenue.
  • Strategic Expansion into System Design and Simulation: The acquisition of Ansys significantly expands Synopsys's total addressable market (TAM) by integrating multi-physics simulation capabilities into its existing EDA platform. This move positions Synopsys to offer a more comprehensive 'silicon to systems' design solution, addressing the growing need for holistic system-level design and verification in complex electronic products.
Bear Thesis:
  • Premium Valuation and Market Sensitivity: Synopsys often trades at a premium valuation relative to its earnings and growth prospects, reflecting its market leadership and strong fundamentals. However, this high valuation could make the stock vulnerable to broader market corrections, interest rate changes, or any perceived slowdown in the semiconductor industry's capital expenditure cycles.
  • Exposure to Semiconductor Industry Cyclicality: While EDA is generally less cyclical than semiconductor manufacturing, Synopsys's performance is still tied to the overall health and investment cycles of the semiconductor industry. A significant downturn in chip demand, reduced R&D spending by customers, or geopolitical disruptions impacting chip production could temper growth.
  • Integration Risks from Large Acquisitions: The recent large acquisition of Ansys, while strategically sound, presents significant integration risks. Successfully merging two large companies with distinct cultures, technologies, and customer bases can be challenging, potentially leading to execution delays, higher-than-expected costs, or failure to realize anticipated synergies.
  • Geopolitical and Export Control Risks: As a critical technology provider in the semiconductor ecosystem, Synopsys is exposed to geopolitical tensions and export control regulations (e.g., US-China tech restrictions). These factors could limit market access, restrict sales to certain customers or regions, or necessitate costly adjustments to product development and supply chains, impacting revenue and profitability.
Main Competitors:
  • Cadence Design Systems ($CDNS) (Virtuoso, Palladium/Protium, Tensilica), Cadence is Synopsys's most direct and significant competitor across the entire Electronic Design Automation (EDA) spectrum. They compete fiercely in digital design, analog/mixed-signal design, verification, IC packaging, and semiconductor IP, constantly vying for market share in critical design flows and IP licensing.
  • Siemens EDA ($SIEGY (parent company Siemens AG)) (Calibre, Questa, Xpedition, Tessent), Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics) is another major player in the EDA market, offering a comprehensive suite of tools that directly compete with Synopsys. Their competition spans IC verification (formal, simulation), design-for-test (DFT), physical verification, and PCB design, providing alternative solutions to Synopsys's offerings.
  • Ansys, Inc. ($ANSS) (HFSS, RedHawk, RaptorX), Ansys competes with Synopsys primarily in the area of simulation and analysis for electronic systems. They specialize in high-fidelity physics-based simulation for power integrity, signal integrity, thermal analysis, and electromagnetic simulation at the chip, package, and system level, often complementing or overlapping with Synopsys's own analysis tools.
Moat:
Synopsys operates within a highly specialized and concentrated Electronic Design Automation (EDA) market, characterized by an oligopoly dominated by itself, Cadence Design Systems, and Siemens EDA. Synopsys's significant competitive moat is built on several pillars: high switching costs for customers due to deep integration of tools into complex design flows; decades of proprietary technology, algorithms, and extensive IP portfolios; strong network effects from co-optimization with foundry processes; and deep, long-standing relationships with major semiconductor companies. Competition is intense, focusing on delivering superior performance, capacity, and accuracy for increasingly complex chip designs, seamless integration across the entire design flow, continuous innovation for emerging technologies (e.g., AI, advanced packaging), and robust IP offerings. The high barriers to entry, including massive R&D investments and the need for highly specialized talent, make it extremely difficult for new entrants to challenge the established leaders, ensuring a relatively stable, yet fiercely competitive, landscape among the top players.
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      revenue:
                                                                                               
      time-based products
    945,624,000 951,541,000 940,681,000 892,364,000 828,326,000 828,238,000 834,375,000 803,147,000 781,714,000 904,378,000 870,249,000 922,874,000 808,196,000 782,313,000 808,160,000 754,322,000 723,821,000 707,483,000 688,116,000 665,563,000 648,794,000 631,290,000 606,598,000 612,065,000 590,097,000 556,439,000 548,375,000 537,569,000 558,305,000 553,716,000 605,561,000 570,053,000 556,770,000 570,933,000 527,821,000 503,530,000 501,096,000 489,365,000                                                      
      upfront products
    546,252,000 741,530,000 615,398,000 516,404,000 510,676,000 368,124,000 520,939,000 442,528,000 396,389,000 447,863,000 449,181,000 297,967,000 345,524,000 336,658,000 253,245,000 268,584,000 336,625,000 368,274,000 274,265,000 203,301,000 209,116,000 174,381,000 244,155,000 210,931,000 129,765,000 150,721,000 168,325,000 177,552,000 143,401,000 130,513,000 66,555,000 99,579,000 99,960,000 91,604,000 74,894,000 100,251,000 83,450,000 79,609,000                                                      
      total products revenue
    1,491,876,000 1,693,071,000 1,556,079,000 1,408,768,000 1,339,002,000 1,196,362,000 1,355,314,000 1,245,675,000 1,178,103,000 1,352,241,000 1,319,430,000 1,220,841,000 1,153,720,000 1,118,971,000                                                                              
      maintenance and service
    784,109,000 715,727,000 698,781,000 330,969,000 265,264,000 258,953,000 280,672,000 280,074,000 276,609,000 296,989,000 279,698,000 266,447,000 241,143,000 242,369,000 222,887,000 224,860,000 218,783,000 194,498,000 190,038,000 188,266,000 166,413,000 164,650,000 174,686,000 141,138,000 141,465,000 127,221,000 134,381,000 137,849,000 134,536,000 136,172,000 122,966,000 110,082,000 120,106,000 106,889,000 93,929,000 91,600,000 95,523,000 83,812,000 70,905,000 69,034,000 62,667,000 60,887,000 61,970,000 61,120,000 65,047,000 64,537,000 61,498,000 59,034,000 57,215,000 44,833,000 55,456,000 55,900,000 60,987,000 58,389,000 58,306,000 55,536,000 46,648,000 41,090,000 46,741,000 45,635,000 49,894,000 42,500,000 43,944,000 35,716,000 36,719,000 37,246,000 36,996,000 41,804,000 36,845,000 36,376,000 34,320,000 34,119,000 35,084,000 26,009,250 33,728,000 35,208,000 35,101,000 39,525,000 38,008,000 39,403,000 40,712,000    44,222,000       
      total revenue
    2,275,985,000 2,408,798,000 2,254,860,000 1,739,737,000 1,604,266,000 1,455,315,000 1,635,986,000 1,525,749,000 1,454,712,000 1,649,230,000 1,599,128,000 1,487,288,000 1,394,863,000 1,361,340,000 1,284,292,000 1,247,766,000 1,279,229,000 1,270,255,000 1,152,419,000 1,057,130,000 1,024,323,000 970,321,000 1,025,439,000 964,134,000 861,327,000 834,381,000 851,081,000 852,970,000 836,242,000 820,401,000 795,082,000 779,714,000 776,836,000 769,426,000 696,644,000 695,381,000 680,069,000 652,786,000 633,719,000 615,204,000 605,005,000 568,604,000 587,159,000 555,805,000 557,204,000 542,043,000 539,012,000 521,812,000 517,697,000 478,951,000 504,875,000 482,945,000 499,257,000 475,137,000 454,213,000 443,747,000 432,561,000 425,496,000 390,534,000 386,795,000 393,670,000 364,644,000 375,459,000 336,929,000 338,106,000 330,167,000 338,278,000 345,177,000 336,835,000 339,755,000 344,128,000 324,553,000 315,465,000 224,309,000 304,098,000 292,928,000 300,210,000 283,384,000 277,208,000 274,779,000 260,189,000 254,838,000 251,450,000 244,339,000 241,304,000 215,387,250 281,681,000 294,604,000 285,264,000   
      yoy
    41.87% 65.52% 37.83% 14.03% 10.28% -11.76% 2.30% 2.59% 4.29% 21.15% 24.51% 19.20% 9.04% 7.17% 11.44% 18.03% 24.89% 30.91% 12.38% 9.65% 18.92% 16.29% 20.49% 13.03% 3.00% 1.70% 7.04% 9.40% 7.65% 6.63% 14.13% 12.13% 14.23% 17.87% 9.93% 13.03% 12.41% 14.81% 7.93% 10.69% 8.58% 4.90% 8.93% 6.51% 7.63% 13.17% 6.76% 8.05% 3.69% 0.80% 11.15% 8.83% 15.42% 11.67% 16.31% 14.72% 9.88% 16.69% 4.02% 14.80% 16.43% 10.44% 10.99% -2.39% 0.38% -2.82% -1.70% 6.35% 6.77% 51.47% 13.16% 10.80% 5.08% -20.85% 9.70% 6.60% 15.38% 11.20% 10.24% 12.46% 7.83% 18.32% -10.73% -17.06% -15.41%       
      qoq
    -5.51% 6.83% 29.61% 8.44% 10.23% -11.04% 7.23% 4.88% -11.79% 3.13% 7.52% 6.63% 2.46% 6.00% 2.93% -2.46% 0.71% 10.23% 9.01% 3.20% 5.57% -5.38% 6.36% 11.94% 3.23% -1.96% -0.22% 2.00% 1.93% 3.18% 1.97% 0.37% 0.96% 10.45% 0.18% 2.25% 4.18% 3.01% 3.01% 1.69% 6.40% -3.16% 5.64% -0.25% 2.80% 0.56% 3.30% 0.79% 8.09% -5.13% 4.54% -3.27% 5.08% 4.61% 2.36% 2.59% 1.66% 8.95% 0.97% -1.75% 7.96% -2.88% 11.44% -0.35% 2.40% -2.40% -2.00% 2.48% -0.86% -1.27% 6.03% 2.88% 40.64% -26.24% 3.81% -2.43% 5.94% 2.23% 0.88% 5.61% 2.10% 1.35% 2.91% 1.26% 12.03% -23.54% -4.39% 3.27%    
      cost of revenue:
                                                                                               
      products
    232,897,000 242,402,000 251,212,000 230,895,000 216,216,000 168,842,000 216,485,000 179,536,000 198,719,000 193,638,000 213,586,000 190,809,000 184,732,000 174,367,000 173,617,000 164,077,000 150,690,000 165,399,000 152,437,000 127,592,000 134,738,000 127,347,000 142,838,000 118,478,000 108,207,000 117,784,000 112,964,000 113,533,000 116,010,000 116,620,000 113,400,000 115,437,000 108,199,000 111,394,000 108,221,000 107,104,000 100,907,000 96,971,000                                                      
      amortization of acquired intangible assets
    248,356,000 248,242,000 249,234,000 46,368,000 7,660,000 8,596,000 66,831,000 14,510,000 13,500,000 20,456,000                                                                                  
      total cost of revenue
    629,850,000 637,382,000 654,663,000 380,564,000 318,347,000 269,975,000 375,023,000 290,676,000 300,397,000 329,175,000 332,343,000 307,482,000 298,014,000 284,354,000 282,721,000 271,181,000 252,811,000 256,984,000 234,726,000 205,066,000 213,986,000 207,999,000 224,549,000 193,008,000 184,265,000 192,868,000 182,743,000 186,632,000 190,679,000 192,892,000 190,582,000 185,381,000 178,779,000 181,156,000 166,864,000 169,546,000 162,028,000 155,746,000 142,211,000 139,677,000 131,630,000 129,444,000 139,844,000 129,471,000 124,972,000 124,633,000 121,421,000 115,530,000 114,085,000 105,849,000 119,109,000 115,647,000 107,733,000 111,063,000 102,524,000 99,789,000 100,506,000 89,854,000 85,385,000 84,732,000 86,028,000 84,305,000 79,743,000 66,743,000 69,027,000 65,581,000 73,172,000 70,035,000 65,019,000 65,424,000 67,026,000 63,692,000 61,310,000 43,045,750 58,391,000 55,417,000 58,375,000 56,812,000 55,445,000 55,855,000 55,221,000 55,324,000 59,365,000 69,723,000 69,975,000 47,584,500 64,318,000 64,898,000 61,122,000   
      gross margin
    1,646,135,000 1,771,416,000 1,600,197,000 1,359,173,000 1,285,919,000 1,185,340,000 1,260,963,000 1,235,073,000 1,154,315,000 1,320,055,000 1,266,785,000 1,179,806,000 1,096,849,000 1,076,986,000 1,001,571,000 976,585,000 1,026,418,000 1,013,271,000 917,693,000 852,064,000 810,337,000 762,322,000 800,890,000 771,126,000 677,062,000 641,513,000 668,338,000 666,338,000 645,563,000 627,509,000 604,500,000 594,333,000 598,057,000 588,270,000 529,780,000 525,835,000 518,041,000 497,040,000 491,508,000 475,527,000 473,375,000 439,160,000 447,315,000 426,334,000 432,232,000 417,410,000 417,591,000 406,282,000 403,612,000 373,102,000 385,766,000 367,298,000 391,524,000 364,074,000 351,689,000 343,958,000 332,055,000 335,642,000 305,149,000 302,063,000 307,642,000 280,339,000 295,716,000 270,186,000 269,079,000 264,586,000 265,106,000 275,142,000 271,816,000 274,331,000 277,102,000 260,861,000 254,155,000 181,263,250 245,707,000 237,511,000 241,835,000 226,572,000 221,763,000 218,924,000 204,968,000 737,006,000 192,085,000 174,616,000 171,329,000 167,802,750 217,363,000 229,706,000 224,142,000   
      yoy
    28.01% 49.44% 26.90% 10.05% 11.40% -10.21% -0.46% 4.68% 5.24% 22.57% 26.48% 20.81% 6.86% 6.29% 9.14% 14.61% 26.67% 32.92% 14.58% 10.50% 19.68% 18.83% 19.83% 15.73% 4.88% 2.23% 10.56% 12.12% 7.94% 6.67% 14.10% 13.03% 15.45% 18.35% 7.79% 10.58% 9.44% 13.18% 9.88% 11.54% 9.52% 5.21% 7.12% 4.94% 7.09% 11.88% 8.25% 10.61% 3.09% 2.48% 9.69% 6.79% 17.91% 8.47% 15.25% 13.87% 7.94% 19.73% 3.19% 11.80% 14.33% 5.95% 11.55% -1.80% -1.01% -3.55% -4.33% 5.47% 6.95% 51.34% 12.78% 9.83% 5.09% -20.00% 10.80% 8.49% 17.99% -69.26% 15.45% 25.37% 19.63% 339.21% -11.63% -23.98% -23.56%       
      qoq
    -7.07% 10.70% 17.73% 5.70% 8.49% -6.00% 2.10% 7.00% -12.56% 4.21% 7.37% 7.56% 1.84% 7.53% 2.56% -4.86% 1.30% 10.42% 7.70% 5.15% 6.30% -4.82% 3.86% 13.89% 5.54% -4.01% 0.30% 3.22% 2.88% 3.81% 1.71% -0.62% 1.66% 11.04% 0.75% 1.50% 4.23% 1.13% 3.36% 0.45% 7.79% -1.82% 4.92% -1.36% 3.55% -0.04% 2.78% 0.66% 8.18% -3.28% 5.03% -6.19% 7.54% 3.52% 2.25% 3.58% -1.07% 9.99% 1.02% -1.81% 9.74% -5.20% 9.45% 0.41% 1.70% -0.20% -3.65% 1.22% -0.92% -1.00% 6.23% 2.64% 40.21% -26.23% 3.45% -1.79% 6.74% 2.17% 1.30% 6.81% -72.19% 283.69% 10.00% 1.92% 2.10% -22.80% -5.37% 2.48%    
      gross margin %
    72.33% 73.54% 70.97% 78.13% 80.16% 81.45% 77.08% 80.95% 79.35% 80.04% 79.22% 79.33% 78.63% 79.11% 77.99% 78.27% 80.24% 79.77% 79.63% 80.60% 79.11% 78.56% 78.10% 79.98% 78.61% 76.88% 78.53% 78.12% 77.20% 76.49% 76.03% 76.22% 76.99% 76.46% 76.05% 75.62% 76.17% 76.14% 77.56% 77.30% 78.24% 77.23% 76.18% 76.71% 77.57% 77.01% 77.47% 77.86% 77.96% 77.90% 76.41% 76.05% 78.42% 76.63% 77.43% 77.51% 76.76% 78.88% 78.14% 78.09% 78.15% 76.88% 78.76% 80.19% 79.58% 80.14% 78.37% 79.71% 80.70% 80.74% 80.52% 80.38% 80.57% 80.81% 80.80% 81.08% 80.56% 79.95% 80.00% 79.67% 78.78% 289.21% 76.39% 71.46% 71.00% 77.91% 77.17% 77.97% 78.57% NaN% NaN% 
      operating expenses:
                                                                                               
      research and development
    700,124,000 714,988,000 746,842,000 625,301,000 553,979,000 553,216,000 554,818,000 508,872,000 493,136,000 552,056,000 488,485,000 507,402,000 485,597,000 465,329,000 461,618,000 444,826,000 389,964,000 383,971,000 413,864,000 371,146,000 362,345,000 357,468,000 339,566,000 322,602,000 302,571,000 314,283,000 290,503,000 284,804,000 290,299,000 271,326,000 290,875,000 277,402,000 252,134,000 264,411,000 244,515,000 228,663,000 223,015,000 212,648,000 221,954,000 221,874,000 216,172,000 196,705,000 208,305,000 197,999,000 188,315,000 181,610,000 190,373,000 182,809,000 178,043,000 167,543,000 175,057,000 166,668,000 169,962,000 157,510,000 153,568,000 143,955,000 151,230,000 132,875,000 125,415,000 122,547,000 123,169,000 120,740,000 129,298,000 105,649,000 113,050,000 101,232,000 114,116,000 104,989,000 102,996,000 97,807,000 104,394,000 95,275,000 92,514,000 70,551,250 94,365,000 91,956,000 95,884,000 95,518,000 93,972,000 91,296,000 87,604,000 82,102,000 81,948,000 80,025,000 72,917,000 52,236,000 68,471,000 70,136,000 70,337,000   
      sales and marketing
    381,998,000 396,375,000 390,491,000 259,480,000 215,021,000 209,199,000 219,225,000 211,491,000 209,783,000 263,408,000 228,982,000 227,134,000 222,115,000 210,785,000 208,448,000 199,246,000 191,573,000 180,510,000 197,681,000 171,428,000 172,754,000 170,628,000 176,499,000 156,456,000 146,200,000 152,855,000 161,170,000 157,109,000 158,652,000 155,959,000 167,325,000 157,953,000 147,188,000 150,512,000 154,006,000 131,520,000 137,211,000 126,511,000 131,494,000 127,328,000 120,926,000 122,620,000 130,671,000 116,988,000 120,579,000 106,169,000 120,232,000 112,271,000 114,784,000 105,792,000 114,913,000 105,381,000 103,930,000 101,758,000 111,385,000 100,004,000 108,836,000 95,404,000 93,500,000 90,732,000 99,562,000 79,324,000 96,968,000 83,812,000 79,363,000 79,616,000 86,247,000 77,973,000 82,520,000 77,384,000 86,816,000 82,887,000 77,370,000 66,059,250 95,417,000 79,012,000 89,808,000 84,901,000 81,171,000 85,725,000 77,189,000 83,475,000 83,160,000 80,779,000 83,990,000 54,006,500 70,395,000 74,885,000 70,746,000   
      general and administrative
    172,418,000 182,732,000 185,515,000 280,550,000 136,497,000 167,086,000 172,032,000 150,437,000 114,763,000 138,374,000 112,150,000 109,714,000 91,083,000 97,364,000 107,414,000 91,461,000 73,957,000 81,008,000 88,960,000 83,846,000 72,694,000 77,488,000 79,796,000 73,516,000 62,474,000 68,744,000 63,424,000 67,382,000 56,351,000 42,061,000 63,043,000 84,336,000 58,809,000 56,372,000 26,190,000 46,350,000 83,438,000 40,866,000 42,164,000 42,548,000 41,553,000 39,697,000 43,843,000 43,925,000 40,975,000 36,354,000 42,969,000 37,438,000 40,575,000 34,233,000 39,089,000 34,510,000 32,254,000 37,938,000 41,903,000 31,769,000 49,948,000 33,839,000 26,373,000 27,052,000 29,470,000 29,865,000 32,950,000 27,371,000 28,713,000 25,853,000 35,492,000 27,735,000 28,691,000 27,182,000 26,512,000 26,171,000 23,841,000 19,101,250 24,177,000 22,551,000 29,677,000 28,028,000 26,692,000 26,661,000 30,804,000 28,284,000 25,122,000 25,311,000 24,223,000 23,951,250 28,194,000 38,474,000 29,137,000   
      restructuring charges
    115,894,000 118,282,000         -1,382,000 33,385,000 4,140,000 40,859,000   311,000 11,746,000 18,254,000 15,151,000   -387,000 -1,977,000 29,672,000 8,751,000     11,028,000 23,000 2,176,000 -282,000 5,548,000 6,026,000 12,907,000 12,105,000 6,646,000  894,000 2,093,000  -248,000  15,336,000                                              
      total operating expenses
    1,525,709,000 1,568,370,000 1,478,804,000 1,193,904,000 909,493,000 933,501,000 950,161,000 874,862,000 822,243,000 960,435,000 836,264,000 884,332,000 809,517,000 821,054,000 784,198,000 742,657,000 662,717,000 666,235,000 727,405,000 650,141,000 616,106,000 613,974,000 604,758,000 560,528,000 551,167,000 553,997,000 538,617,000 538,744,000 530,061,000 480,095,000 542,975,000 530,365,000 471,043,000 480,552,000 438,067,000 420,465,000 464,435,000 400,166,000 408,751,000 398,805,000 386,569,000 368,050,000 389,757,000 364,852,000 356,305,000 345,911,000 360,091,000 339,055,000 339,778,000 312,946,000 334,752,000 312,303,000 312,021,000 303,093,000 312,199,000 280,563,000 314,919,000 265,639,000 248,832,000 243,884,000 255,957,000 233,677,000 262,459,000 219,393,000 224,111,000 209,494,000 240,184,000 214,053,000 217,148,000 206,759,000 227,070,000 210,924,000 200,316,000 161,221,250 222,709,000 200,163,000 222,013,000 215,138,000 208,610,000 210,813,000 203,737,000 201,506,000 198,396,000 194,944,000 195,682,000 136,796,250 175,590,000 192,131,000 179,464,000   
      operating income
    120,426,000 203,046,000 121,393,000 165,269,000 376,426,000 251,839,000 310,802,000 360,211,000 332,072,000 359,620,000 430,521,000 295,474,000 287,332,000 255,932,000 217,373,000 233,928,000 363,701,000 347,036,000 190,288,000 201,923,000 194,231,000 148,348,000 196,132,000 210,598,000 125,895,000 87,516,000 129,721,000 127,594,000 115,502,000 147,414,000 61,525,000 63,968,000 127,014,000 107,718,000 91,713,000 105,370,000 53,606,000 96,874,000 82,757,000 76,722,000 86,806,000 71,110,000 57,558,000 61,482,000 75,927,000 71,499,000 57,500,000 67,227,000 63,834,000 60,156,000 51,014,000 54,995,000 79,503,000 60,981,000 39,490,000 63,395,000 17,136,000 70,003,000 56,317,000 58,179,000 51,685,000 46,662,000 33,257,000 50,793,000 44,968,000 55,092,000 24,922,000 61,089,000 54,668,000 67,572,000 50,032,000 49,937,000 53,839,000 20,042,000 22,998,000 37,348,000 19,822,000 11,434,000 13,153,000 8,111,000 1,231,000     31,006,500 41,773,000 37,575,000 44,678,000   
      yoy
    -68.01% -19.37% -60.94% -54.12% 13.36% -29.97% -27.81% 21.91% 15.57% 40.51% 98.06% 26.31% -21.00% -26.25% 14.23% 15.85% 87.25% 133.93% -2.98% -4.12% 54.28% 69.51% 51.20% 65.05% 9.00% -40.63% 110.84% 99.47% -9.06% 36.85% -32.92% -39.29% 136.94% 11.19% 10.82% 37.34% -38.25% 36.23% 43.78% 24.79% 14.33% -0.54% 0.10% -8.55% 18.94% 18.86% 12.71% 22.24% -19.71% -1.35% 29.18% -13.25% 363.95% -12.89% -29.88% 8.97% -66.85% 50.02% 69.34% 14.54% 14.94% -15.30% 33.44% -16.85% -17.74% -18.47% -50.19% 22.33% 1.54% 237.15% 117.55% 33.71% 171.61% 75.28% 74.85% 360.46% 1510.24%               
      qoq
    -40.69% 67.26% -26.55% -56.10% 49.47% -18.97% -13.72% 8.47% -7.66% -16.47% 45.71% 2.83% 12.27% 17.74% -7.08% -35.68% 4.80% 82.37% -5.76% 3.96% 30.93% -24.36% -6.87% 67.28% 43.85% -32.54% 1.67% 10.47% -21.65% 139.60% -3.82% -49.64% 17.91% 17.45% -12.96% 96.56% -44.66% 17.06% 7.87% -11.62% 22.07% 23.54% -6.38% -19.02% 6.19% 24.35% -14.47% 5.32% 6.11% 17.92% -7.24% -30.83% 30.37% 54.42% -37.71% 269.95% -75.52% 24.30% -3.20% 12.56% 10.76% 40.31% -34.52% 12.95% -18.38% 121.06% -59.20% 11.75% -19.10% 35.06% 0.19% -7.25% 168.63% -12.85% -38.42% 88.42% 73.36% -13.07% 62.16% 558.90%      -25.77% 11.17% -15.90%    
      operating margin %
    5.29% 8.43% 5.38% 9.50% 23.46% 17.30% 19.00% 23.61% 22.83% 21.81% 26.92% 19.87% 20.60% 18.80% 16.93% 18.75% 28.43% 27.32% 16.51% 19.10% 18.96% 15.29% 19.13% 21.84% 14.62% 10.49% 15.24% 14.96% 13.81% 17.97% 7.74% 8.20% 16.35% 14.00% 13.16% 15.15% 7.88% 14.84% 13.06% 12.47% 14.35% 12.51% 9.80% 11.06% 13.63% 13.19% 10.67% 12.88% 12.33% 12.56% 10.10% 11.39% 15.92% 12.83% 8.69% 14.29% 3.96% 16.45% 14.42% 15.04% 13.13% 12.80% 8.86% 15.08% 13.30% 16.69% 7.37% 17.70% 16.23% 19.89% 14.54% 15.39% 17.07% 8.93% 7.56% 12.75% 6.60% 4.03% 4.74% 2.95% 0.47% 0% 0% 0% 0% 14.40% 14.83% 12.75% 15.66% NaN% NaN% 
      interest expense
    -133,364,000 -162,715,000 -194,752,000 -146,502,000 -94,336,000                                                                                       
      other income
    32,214,000 38,722,000 589,883,000 170,543,000 114,101,000      -20,830,000 25,808,000 4,253,000 23,292,000 -5,244,000 2,426,000 -23,913,000 -19,793,000 8,790,000 11,414,000 21,764,000 28,756,000 -4,566,000 26,256,000 -15,729,000 12,057,000 1,902,000 5,317,000 18,415,000 -359,000 -9,277,000 7,925,000 -7,715,000 12,385,000 8,213,000 7,421,000 8,414,000 11,487,000 -5,000 8,509,000 10,417,000 -6,768,000 -1,640,000 3,711,000 7,957,000 5,116,000 4,628,000 3,544,000 4,225,000 11,028,000 8,043,000 3,177,000 7,204,000 10,749,000 3,242,000 -2,310,000 6,353,000 3,826,000 -2,762,000 -2,212,000 5,574,000 5,670,000 6,439,000 -3,046,000 8,905,000 2,250,000 6,891,000 5,384,000 10,445,000 2,099,000 2,947,000 151,000 6,330,000 9,607,750 10,829,000 19,668,000 7,934,000 4,542,000 2,421,000 1,032,000 1,795,000 2,779,000 35,895,000  5,199,000 283,250 1,277,000 925,000 -1,069,000   
      income before income taxes
    19,276,000 79,053,000 516,524,000 189,310,000 396,191,000 291,117,000 322,879,000 391,995,000 341,530,000 465,104,000 409,691,000 321,282,000 291,585,000 279,224,000 212,129,000 236,354,000 339,788,000 327,243,000 199,078,000 213,337,000 215,995,000 177,104,000 191,566,000 236,854,000 110,166,000 99,573,000 131,623,000 132,911,000 133,917,000 147,055,000 77,823,750 71,893,000 119,299,000 120,103,000 70,793,000 112,791,000 62,020,000 108,361,000 61,699,000 85,231,000 97,223,000 64,342,000 56,423,000 65,193,000           39,600,750 61,085,000           50,314,250 66,473,000   52,979,000 50,088,000 60,169,000 29,649,750 33,827,000 57,016,000 27,756,000 6,935,750 15,574,000  3,026,000  29,584,000         
      provision for income taxes
    2,408,000 14,337,000 68,071,000 -52,967,000 47,181,000 -6,294,000 62,084,000 -30,712,000 45,437,000 18,897,000 63,196,000 -11,773,000 21,637,000 10,597,000 60,572,000 16,708,000 45,896,000 13,902,000 -2,059,000 14,945,000 21,193,000 15,076,000 -4,989,000 -16,057,000 246,000 -4,488,000 -29,091,000 32,982,000 15,707,000 -6,459,000 -202,080,000 -7,516,000 16,827,000 123,794,000 220,008,000 -3,960,000 8,714,000 21,773,000 10,055,000 20,513,000 27,847,000 4,307,000 6,156,000 9,806,000 28,288,000 11,426,000 -327,000 5,115,000 4,742,000 3,488,000 2,167,000 5,875,000 18,016,000 1,808,000 13,651,000 -14,571,000 2,518,000 17,135,000 13,613,000 3,885,000 -23,855,000 4,106,000 14,295,000 8,420,000 14,324,000 -75,444,000 12,285,000 19,037,000 16,825,000 17,242,000  10,701,000 13,724,000 7,280,500 8,972,000 15,751,000 4,399,000    1,329,000     5,610,000 1,222,000 9,761,000 11,457,000   
      net income from continuing operations
    16,868,000  448,453,000 242,277,000 349,010,000 297,411,000 260,795,000 422,707,000 296,093,000                                                                                   
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
                                                                                               
      net income
    16,868,000 64,716,000 448,453,000 242,277,000 345,110,000 297,411,000 1,095,620,000 404,894,000 289,089,000 446,207,000 346,495,000 333,055,000 269,948,000 268,627,000 151,557,000 219,646,000 293,892,000 313,341,000 201,137,000 198,392,000 194,802,000 162,028,000 196,555,000 252,911,000 109,920,000 104,061,000 160,714,000 99,929,000 118,210,000 153,514,000 254,328,000 79,409,000 102,472,000 -3,691,000 -120,082,000 116,751,000 53,306,000 86,588,000 72,697,000 64,718,000 69,376,000 60,035,000 49,762,000 55,387,000 55,596,000 65,189,000 62,455,000 65,656,000 63,317,000 67,696,000 56,890,000 52,297,000 68,691,000 69,922,000 29,081,000 75,656,000 20,971,000 56,694,000 39,942,000 52,082,000 81,114,000 48,226,000 25,401,000 39,327,000 39,549,000 132,786,000 19,528,000 47,436,000 48,288,000 52,429,000 57,749,000 39,387,000 46,445,000 22,369,250 24,855,000 41,265,000 23,357,000 10,120,000 7,550,000 5,375,000 1,697,000 -13,475,000 17,294,000 -4,972,000 -14,325,000 25,679,750 41,828,000 28,739,000 32,152,000   
      yoy
    -95.11% -78.24% -59.07% -40.16% 19.38% -33.35% 216.20% 21.57% 7.09% 66.11% 128.62% 51.63% -8.15% -14.27% -24.65% 10.71% 50.87% 93.39% 2.33% -21.56% 77.22% 55.70% 22.30% 153.09% -7.01% -32.21% -36.81% 25.84% 15.36% -4259.14% -311.80% -31.98% 92.23% -104.26% -265.18% 80.40% -23.16% 44.23% 46.09% 16.85% 24.79% -7.91% -20.32% -15.64% -12.19% -3.70% 9.78% 25.54% -7.82% -3.18% 95.63% -30.88% 227.55% 23.33% -27.19% 45.26% -74.15% 17.56% 57.25% 32.43% 105.10% -63.68% 30.07% -17.09% -18.10% 153.27% -66.18% 20.44% 3.97% 134.38% 132.34% -4.55% 98.85% 121.04% 229.21% 667.72% 1276.37% -175.10% -56.34% -208.11% -111.85% -152.47% -58.65% -117.30% -144.55%       
      qoq
    -73.94% -85.57% 85.10% -29.80% 16.04% -72.85% 170.59% 40.06% -35.21% 28.78% 4.04% 23.38% 0.49% 77.24% -31.00% -25.26% -6.21% 55.78% 1.38% 1.84% 20.23% -17.57% -22.28% 130.09% 5.63% -35.25% 60.83% -15.46% -23.00% -39.64% 220.28% -22.51% -2876.27% -96.93% -202.85% 119.02% -38.44% 19.11% 12.33% -6.71% 15.56% 20.64% -10.16% -0.38% -14.72% 4.38% -4.88% 3.69% -6.47% 18.99% 8.78% -23.87% -1.76% 140.44% -61.56% 260.76% -63.01% 41.94% -23.31% -35.79% 68.20% 89.86% -35.41% -0.56% -70.22% 579.98% -58.83% -1.76% -7.90% -9.21% 46.62% -15.20% 107.63% -10.00% -39.77% 76.67% 130.80% 34.04% 40.47% 216.74% -112.59% -177.92% -447.83% -65.29% -155.78% -38.61% 45.54% -10.62%    
      net income margin %
    0.74% 2.69% 19.89% 13.93% 21.51% 20.44% 66.97% 26.54% 19.87% 27.06% 21.67% 22.39% 19.35% 19.73% 11.80% 17.60% 22.97% 24.67% 17.45% 18.77% 19.02% 16.70% 19.17% 26.23% 12.76% 12.47% 18.88% 11.72% 14.14% 18.71% 31.99% 10.18% 13.19% -0.48% -17.24% 16.79% 7.84% 13.26% 11.47% 10.52% 11.47% 10.56% 8.48% 9.97% 9.98% 12.03% 11.59% 12.58% 12.23% 14.13% 11.27% 10.83% 13.76% 14.72% 6.40% 17.05% 4.85% 13.32% 10.23% 13.47% 20.60% 13.23% 6.77% 11.67% 11.70% 40.22% 5.77% 13.74% 14.34% 15.43% 16.78% 12.14% 14.72% 9.97% 8.17% 14.09% 7.78% 3.57% 2.72% 1.96% 0.65% -5.29% 6.88% -2.03% -5.94% 11.92% 14.85% 9.76% 11.27% NaN% NaN% 
      less: net income attributed to non-controlling interest and redeemable non-controlling interest
    -237,000 -242,000 -243,000 -232,000 -222,000 1,728,000 -18,486,000 -3,161,000 -3,018,000                                                                                   
      net income attributed to synopsys
    17,105,000 64,958,000 448,696,000 242,509,000 345,332,000 295,683,000 1,114,106,000 408,055,000 292,107,000 449,112,000 349,190,000 336,252,000 272,910,000 271,536,000 153,500,000 222,626,000 294,781,000 313,687,000 201,447,000 198,646,000 195,078,000 162,345,000                                                                      
      net income attributed to synopsys:
                                                                                               
      continuing operations
    17,105,000  448,696,000 242,509,000 349,232,000 295,683,000 279,281,000 425,868,000 299,111,000                                                                                   
      discontinued operations
        -3,900,000  834,825,000 -17,813,000 -7,004,000                                                                                   
      net income per share
                                                                                     -0.003 0.12  -0.1 0.165 0.27 0.19 0.21   
      basic net income per share
    0.09  2.49 1.51 2.23 1.91 7.26 2.66 1.91                                                                                   
      diluted net income per share
    0.09  2.45 1.5 2.21 1.89                                                                                      
      shares used in computing per share amounts:
                                                                                               
      basic
    191,464 189,593 7,411 160,174 154,927 154,408    152,311 -58 152,023 152,187 152,401 -80 152,938 153,090 153,218 79 152,635 152,725 152,498 404 151,352 150,597 150,244 164 150,123 149,712 149,288 276 148,490 149,034 149,441 -3 150,214 150,384 150,782 -112 151,169 152,250 152,968 122 155,533 154,515 154,458 443 155,194 154,572 154,066 350 153,915 153,515 151,477 1,060 147,801 145,948 143,882 -906 144,960 148,461 149,016 104 148,006 148,890 146,830 659 144,138 143,275 141,865 142,536 141,844 146,001 35,906.5 143,820 144,370 142,772 -799 142,538 143,352 144,989           
      diluted
    192,144 190,762 7,480 161,682 156,088 156,189    155,334 76 154,947 154,730 155,076 -60 155,806 156,167 157,273 182 156,907 157,077 157,277 632 155,973 154,379 154,504 331 154,600 153,904 152,661 275 152,614 153,167 149,441 87 154,683 154,861 154,433 92 153,890 154,536 155,283 215 158,584 157,483 157,206 457 157,622 157,082 156,756 386 157,056 156,606 154,531 1,185 150,644 149,297 147,113 -1,231 148,045 152,593 153,640 452 151,106 152,482 150,788 1,158 146,063 145,421 142,612 147,486 145,271 150,683 37,320.75 149,709 149,783 148,113 -934 143,964 146,010 146,969           
      net income per share
                                                                                     -0.003 0.12  -0.1 0.165 0.27 0.19 0.21   
      basic
     0.34        2.95 2.29 2.21 1.79 1.78 1.01 1.46 1.93 2.05 1.32 1.3 1.28 1.06 1.3 1.67 0.73 0.69 1.07 0.67 0.79 1.03 1.7 0.53 0.69 -0.02 -0.8 0.78 0.35 0.57 0.48 0.43 0.46 0.39 0.32 0.36 0.36 0.42 0.4 0.42 0.41 0.44 0.37 0.34 0.45 0.46 0.19 0.51 0.14 0.39 0.28 0.36 0.55 0.32 0.17 0.27 0.27 0.9 0.13 0.33 0.34 0.37 0.41 0.28 0.32 0.155 0.17 0.29 0.16 0.07 0.05  0.01           
      diluted
     0.34        2.89 2.24 2.17 1.76 1.75 0.98 1.43 1.89 1.99 1.27 1.27 1.24 1.03 1.26 1.62 0.71 0.67 1.03 0.65 0.77 1.01 1.66 0.52 0.67 -0.02 -0.78 0.75 0.34 0.56 0.47 0.42 0.45 0.39 0.31 0.35 0.35 0.41 0.39 0.42 0.4 0.43 0.36 0.33 0.44 0.45 0.18 0.5 0.14 0.39 0.27 0.35 0.53 0.31 0.16 0.26 0.26 0.88 0.13 0.32 0.33 0.37 0.39 0.27 0.31 0.15 0.17 0.28 0.16 0.07 0.05  0.01           
      income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
        -3,900,000  834,825,000 -17,813,000 -7,004,000                                                                                   
      interest and other income
         39,278,000 12,077,000 31,784,000 9,458,000 105,484,000                                                                                  
      net income attributed to non-controlling interest and redeemable non-controlling interest
             -2,905,000 -2,695,000 -3,197,000 -2,962,000 -2,909,000 -1,943,000 -2,980,000 -889,000                                                                           
      amortization of intangible assets
              19,978,000 18,374,000 17,872,000 18,640,000 19,791,000 19,330,000 14,455,000 13,360,000 13,297,000 11,870,000 11,408,000 11,886,000 11,720,000 13,718,000 13,845,000 13,169,000 13,696,000 13,603,000 14,881,000 17,443,000 24,422,000 20,154,000 20,450,000 19,008,000 16,389,000 18,614,000 19,634,000 21,472,000 22,574,000 24,463,000 24,555,000 30,526,000 31,863,000 26,704,000 25,612,000 25,866,000 26,612,000 26,272,000 25,674,000 22,753,000 24,853,000 26,537,000 26,398,000 26,516,000 23,012,000 21,156,000 23,699,000 13,388,000 13,308,000 13,368,000 14,908,000 13,235,000 11,367,000 8,050,000 8,829,000 7,857,000 8,509,000 8,452,000 7,679,000 8,022,000 6,262,000 5,816,000 5,033,000 4,363,750 5,536,000 5,210,000 6,709,000 6,772,000 6,579,000 6,494,000 8,659,000           
      net income attributed to non-controlling interest
                     -346,000 -310,000 -254,000 -276,000 -317,000                                                                      
      restructuring
                              8,436,500 19,338,000 14,443,000 -35,000                                                              
      time-based license
                                          356,935,000 479,285,000 484,175,000 464,280,000 467,535,000 445,807,000 447,844,000 431,026,000 443,620,000 431,184,000 424,185,000 400,146,000 412,926,000 387,088,000 413,491,000 385,959,000 367,038,000 362,788,000 363,580,000 355,894,000 323,824,000 322,147,000 318,762,000 295,609,000 310,708,000 286,563,000 288,672,000 272,475,000 285,102,000 284,401,000 283,996,000 285,052,000 289,250,000 278,220,000 267,860,000 186,522,750 251,389,000 243,096,000 251,606,000 229,553,000 224,782,000 209,417,000 211,110,000 192,916,000 188,742,000 175,781,000 186,284,000 124,485,500 164,398,000 162,946,000 170,598,000   
      upfront license
                                          42,121,250 66,885,000 58,163,000 43,437,000 57,654,000 48,878,000 44,313,000 46,480,000 33,894,000 31,594,000 36,297,000 33,972,000 36,493,000 39,957,000 24,779,000  19,067,000 25,423,000 22,333,000 28,512,000 19,969,000 19,013,000 25,014,000 26,535,000 20,807,000 14,650,000 12,715,000 20,446,000 16,180,000 18,972,000 15,994,000 18,327,000 20,558,000 12,214,000 12,521,000 11,777,000 18,981,000 14,624,000 13,503,000 14,306,000 14,418,000 25,959,000 8,367,000 16,314,000 16,171,000 17,183,000 10,798,000 49,413,500 62,352,000 75,812,000 59,490,000   
      license
                                          63,469,750 92,042,000 85,444,000 76,393,000 84,983,000 77,516,000 70,350,000 70,784,000 69,648,000 68,573,000 67,302,000 62,825,000 72,992,000 69,857,000 61,569,000 64,492,000 60,082,000 57,415,000 57,592,000 57,722,000 51,632,000 52,089,000 51,146,000 50,523,000 50,105,000 43,996,000 44,930,000 41,214,000 47,332,000 44,173,000 42,292,000 41,823,000 44,654,000 41,709,000 40,398,000 26,817,250 37,092,000 34,657,000 35,520,000 33,748,000 32,665,000 32,457,000 29,989,000 28,594,000 25,268,000 23,201,000 24,847,000       
      income before provision for income taxes
                                                83,884,000 76,615,000 62,128,000 70,771,000 68,059,000 71,184,000 59,057,000 58,172,000 86,707,000 71,730,000   23,489,000 73,829,000 53,555,000 55,967,000 57,259,000 52,332,000 39,696,000 47,747,000 53,873,000 57,342,000   65,113,000 69,671,000                31,289,750 43,050,000 38,500,000 43,609,000   
      upfront
                                                         30,789,000                                      
      in-process research and development
                                                                      1,200,000 400,000  600,000 4,800,000   525,000 2,100,000      800,000    5,700,000       
      income tax provision
                                                                                 3,280,250 8,024,000    12,290,000         
      maintenance and services
                                                                                   16,904,000            
      income (loss) before income taxes
                                                                                   9,143,000            
      income taxes
                                                                                   3,768,000            
      net income (loss) per share:
                                                                                               
      basic
                                                                                   0.04            
      diluted
                                                                                   0.04            
      includes stock based compensation expense as follows:
                                                                                               
      cost of license revenue
                                                                                   1,330            
      cost of maintenance and service revenue
                                                                                   728            
      research and development expense
                                                                                   6,385 8,149           
      sales and marketing expense
                                                                                   3,722 4,709           
      general and administrative expense
                                                                                   1,737 3,097           
      cost of license
                                                                                    1,619           
      cost of maintenance and service
                                                                                    856           
      total stock based compensation
                                                                                    18,430           
      service
                                                                                     35,533,500 46,537,000 51,375,000  41,488,250 54,931,000 55,846,000 55,176,000   
      maintenance & services
                                                                                     13,316,000 17,812,000 18,423,000        
      amortization of intangible assets and deferred stock compensation
                                                                                     9,303,000 16,285,000 28,099,000 28,099,000 19,129,250 25,562,000 25,715,000 25,240,000   
      in-process research & development
                                                                                     1,425,000          
      basic earnings per share:
                                                                                               
      weighted-average common shares
                                                                                      143,830    155,199 154,806 156,316 151,251  
      diluted earnings per share:
                                                                                               
      weighted-average common shares and potential common shares outstanding
                                                                                      145,668 144,801        
      other income (expense)
                                                                                       1,322,000        
      basic earnings (loss) per share:
                                                                                               
      net income (loss) per share
                                                                                       -0.03        
      weighted-average number of common shares outstanding
                                                                                       144,801        
      weighted-average common shares outstanding
                                                                                        146,060       
      weighted-average common shares and dilutive stock options outstanding
                                                                                        146,060  160,346 161,840 165,864 158,326  
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        assets
                                                                                              
        current assets:
                                                                                              
        cash and cash equivalents
      2,412,472,000 2,129,572,000 2,888,030,000 2,526,475,000 14,119,095,000 3,653,880,000 3,896,532,000 1,839,815,000 1,502,920,000 1,118,944,000 1,438,913,000 1,686,144,000 1,544,592,000 1,154,873,000 1,417,608,000 1,383,559,000 1,573,620,000 1,124,299,000 1,432,840,000 1,385,395,000 1,457,918,000 1,023,074,000 1,235,653,000 1,049,922,000 856,424,000 700,356,000 728,597,000 686,780,000 631,161,000 592,305,000 723,115,000 741,236,000 570,801,000 605,892,000 1,048,356,000 1,154,986,000 991,325,000 827,709,000 976,620,000 946,317,000 827,946,000 582,986,000 836,188,000 986,423,000 868,845,000 796,824,000 985,762,000 903,046,000 821,633,000 893,053,000 1,022,441,000 892,370,000 681,018,000 550,365,000 700,382,000 963,767,000 796,594,000 811,339,000 855,077,000 889,886,000 694,032,000 700,612,000 775,407,000 883,441,000 669,431,000 626,490,000 701,613,000 622,281,000 506,399,000 470,165,000 545,489,000 574,889,000 428,055,000 435,854,000 461,074,000 377,156,000 330,759,000 269,717,000 294,931,000 314,498,000 404,436,000 319,954,000 343,129,000 376,367,000 499,234,000 456,123,000 412,728,000 524,308,000 
        short-term investments
      71,966,000 73,910,000 72,929,000 67,235,000 144,816,000 155,489,000 153,869,000 154,431,000 156,780,000 154,490,000 151,639,000 148,443,000 150,846,000 147,050,000 147,913,000 147,599,000 146,901,000 147,748,000 147,949,000 144,773,000                147,508,000 140,243,000 138,648,000 140,695,000 143,542,000 131,976,000 122,948,000 128,747,000 136,496,000 136,579,000 120,238,000            132,150,000 148,997,000 148,395,000 146,431,000 166,516,000 163,154,000 326,384,000 409,023,000 465,853,000 466,713,000 460,258,000 370,448,000 372,116,000 331,598,000 242,609,000 432,260,000 358,368,000 306,463,000 302,549,000 241,963,000 241,557,000 239,609,000 199,787,000 182,070,000 179,460,000 181,192,000 206,136,000 200,111,000 156,891,000 205,040,000 174,049,000 
        total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments
      2,484,438,000 2,203,482,000 2,960,959,000 2,593,710,000 14,263,911,000 3,809,369,000 4,050,401,000 1,994,246,000 1,659,700,000 1,273,434,000 1,590,552,000 1,834,587,000 1,695,438,000 1,301,923,000 1,565,521,000 1,531,158,000 1,720,521,000 1,272,047,000 1,580,789,000 1,530,168,000               1,048,356,000 1,302,494,000 1,131,568,000 966,357,000 1,117,315,000 1,089,859,000 959,922,000 705,934,000 964,935,000 1,122,919,000 1,005,424,000 917,062,000         700,382,000 963,767,000 796,594,000 943,489,000 1,004,074,000 1,038,281,000 840,463,000 867,128,000 938,561,000 1,209,825,000 1,078,454,000 1,092,343,000 1,168,326,000 1,082,539,000 876,847,000 842,281,000 877,087,000 817,498,000 860,315,000 794,222,000 767,537,000 679,705,000 572,722,000 511,274,000 534,540,000 514,285,000 586,506,000 499,414,000 524,321,000 582,503,000 699,345,000 613,014,000 617,768,000 698,357,000 
        accounts receivable
      1,267,305,000 1,640,665,000 1,505,427,000 1,392,373,000 1,002,195,000 892,647,000 934,470,000 805,198,000 834,918,000 1,064,135,000 946,967,000 666,577,000 779,892,000 1,035,323,000 796,091,000 682,647,000 722,992,000 1,038,749,000 568,501,000 577,845,000 612,285,000 789,320,000 780,709,000 638,489,000 634,807,000 799,078,000 553,895,000 457,390,000 526,691,000 762,292,000 554,217,000 501,331,000 568,434,000 499,373,000 451,144,000 411,262,000 373,770,000 331,984,000 438,873,000 317,067,000 299,076,000 354,766,000 385,694,000 307,825,000 338,407,000 283,007,000 326,727,000 238,863,000 322,606,000 246,774,000 256,026,000 278,878,000 251,682,000 270,217,000 292,668,000 210,929,000 236,314,000 213,763,000 203,124,000 175,386,000 210,068,000 169,165,000 181,102,000 148,582,000 149,654,000 142,493,000 127,010,000 136,760,000 189,115,000 150,083,000 143,613,000 171,993,000 142,054,000 204,787,000 166,850,000 141,081,000 122,584,000 110,875,000 138,325,000 83,997,000 100,178,000 108,673,000 134,808,000 108,028,000 143,006,000 220,854,000 194,386,000 200,998,000 
        inventories
      441,836,000 393,221,000 365,190,000 382,056,000 395,339,000 415,199,000 361,849,000 386,009,000 377,875,000 382,727,000 325,590,000 282,791,000 256,426,000 220,881,000 211,927,000 219,736,000 213,532,000 212,919,000 229,023,000 241,103,000 230,068,000 230,907,000 192,333,000 159,813,000 166,437,000 148,057,000 141,518,000 155,108,000 166,329,000 137,559,000 122,407,000                                                          
        prepaid and other current assets
      1,195,391,000 1,088,118,000 1,180,526,000 1,153,172,000 1,217,584,000 1,206,401,000 1,122,946,000 914,598,000 760,269,000 687,632,000 567,515,000 484,357,000 429,179,000 470,272,000 439,130,000 465,487,000 417,201,000 423,782,000 397,617,000 379,136,000 356,872,000 329,233,000 308,167,000 316,831,000 284,278,000 281,991,000 290,052,000 288,616,000 259,849,000 249,927,000 67,533,000 178,638,000 184,104,000 182,823,000 134,836,000 125,126,000 121,169,000 131,106,000 104,659,000 93,649,000 95,802,000 91,278,000 71,446,000 84,510,000 86,837,000 92,315,000 54,301,000 55,113,000 66,406,000 68,487,000 59,175,000 62,975,000 78,933,000 81,689,000 55,627,000 37,175,000 50,631,000 51,359,000 46,776,000 53,548,000 54,465,000 54,249,000 36,202,000 38,977,000 45,263,000 47,594,000                       
        current assets held for sale
      48,248,000 48,152,000  74,317,000    1,027,702,000 1,020,358,000                                                                                
        total current assets
      5,437,218,000 5,373,638,000 6,012,102,000 5,595,628,000 16,879,029,000 6,323,616,000 6,469,666,000 5,127,753,000 4,653,120,000 3,407,928,000 3,430,624,000 3,268,312,000 3,160,935,000 3,028,399,000 3,012,669,000 2,899,028,000 3,074,246,000 2,947,497,000 2,808,341,000 2,763,976,000 2,689,800,000 2,397,724,000 2,549,217,000 2,186,015,000 1,960,755,000 1,951,429,000 1,738,917,000 1,617,645,000 1,643,883,000 1,797,630,000 1,543,797,000 1,465,583,000 1,370,186,000 1,332,346,000 1,682,593,000 1,894,632,000 1,682,012,000 1,484,043,000 1,716,938,000 1,552,038,000 1,403,197,000 1,200,528,000 1,563,801,000 1,627,537,000 1,544,975,000 1,416,273,000 1,504,735,000 1,314,783,000 1,328,271,000 1,320,865,000 1,447,977,000 1,330,084,000 1,106,369,000 999,782,000 1,140,656,000 1,293,702,000 1,173,541,000 1,289,650,000 1,338,055,000 1,362,296,000 1,206,622,000 1,194,277,000 1,247,755,000 1,495,974,000 1,379,894,000 1,398,521,000 1,463,800,000 1,448,957,000 1,294,997,000 1,221,367,000 1,254,171,000 1,216,897,000 1,221,502,000 1,206,467,000 1,121,097,000 1,023,991,000 894,490,000 781,225,000 940,437,000 868,424,000 947,479,000 801,803,000 866,127,000 892,392,000 1,164,761,000 1,166,298,000 1,184,783,000 1,239,206,000 
        property and equipment
      714,744,000 676,693,000 696,693,000 699,688,000 571,982,000 546,406,000 563,006,000 571,408,000 566,832,000 567,038,000 557,261,000 535,973,000 546,439,000 516,925,000 483,300,000 486,872,000 491,641,000 477,521,000 472,398,000 470,129,000 478,975,000 486,604,000 483,818,000 484,529,000 470,412,000 457,527,000 429,532,000 372,566,000 344,176,000 317,896,000 309,310,000 290,446,000 283,782,000 284,441,000 266,014,000 262,025,000 259,476,000 256,811,000 257,035,000 258,794,000 258,856,000 261,235,000 263,077,000 260,667,000 258,199,000 256,092,000 249,098,000 216,010,000 202,860,000 197,335,000 197,600,000 194,198,000 195,315,000 193,051,000 191,243,000 165,909,000 157,792,000 157,219,000 159,517,000 159,059,000 150,370,000 149,554,000 148,580,000 139,102,000 140,630,000 143,371,000 146,910,000 144,928,000 136,799,000 141,152,000 130,511,000 127,223,000 128,578,000 128,739,000 141,044,000 139,585,000 140,660,000 164,278,000 166,805,000 165,116,000 170,195,000 174,918,000 175,625,000 173,532,000 180,081,000 182,041,000 186,530,000 184,313,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      697,112,000 713,594,000 702,008,000 693,368,000 585,704,000 545,867,000 565,917,000 556,593,000 528,011,000 551,452,000 568,829,000 574,727,000 576,727,000 586,892,000 559,090,000 574,501,000 585,108,000 481,526,000 493,251,000 493,899,000 505,225,000 462,136,000 465,818,000 472,244,000 462,778,000 460,137,000                                                               
        goodwill
      26,853,807,000 26,880,889,000 26,899,215,000 26,945,723,000 3,461,272,000 3,433,369,000 3,448,850,000 3,444,349,000 3,427,424,000 4,131,418,000 4,070,336,000 3,887,860,000 3,888,249,000 3,864,833,000 3,842,234,000 3,854,889,000 3,616,133,000 3,592,788,000 3,575,785,000 3,485,181,000 3,432,577,000 3,433,003,000 3,365,114,000 3,356,407,000 3,311,243,000 3,231,592,000 3,171,179,000 3,143,056,000 3,143,795,000 3,145,700,000 3,143,249,000 3,138,666,000 3,147,124,000 3,130,598,000 2,706,974,000 2,660,680,000 2,661,538,000 2,652,257,000 2,518,245,000 2,515,091,000 2,500,804,000 2,472,844,000 2,471,241,000 2,335,816,000 2,251,845,000 2,245,920,000 2,255,708,000 2,260,897,000 2,254,454,000 1,966,819,000 1,975,971,000 1,976,964,000 1,980,012,000 1,971,654,000 1,976,987,000 1,638,884,000 1,630,415,000 1,295,485,000 1,289,286,000 1,258,286,000 1,256,485,000 1,266,524,000 1,265,843,000 1,002,531,000 998,910,000 934,226,000 932,691,000 933,560,000 917,287,000 917,794,000 896,574,000 765,576,000 768,848,000 752,955,000 736,799,000 735,132,000 735,643,000 744,493,000 735,175,000 744,114,000 728,979,000 764,080,000 667,113,000 667,880,000 570,047,000 568,535,000 550,912,000 550,732,000 
        intangible assets
      11,875,418,000 12,289,529,000 12,679,591,000 13,079,912,000 173,394,000 180,950,000 195,164,000 266,092,000 276,877,000 377,415,000 374,194,000 336,723,000 357,113,000 361,154,000 386,446,000 404,652,000 333,321,000 260,810,000 279,132,000 249,974,000 233,809,000 254,375,000 254,322,000 275,338,000 279,311,000 282,145,000 279,374,000 283,305,000 306,927,000 332,187,000 360,404,000 394,485,000 422,195,000 434,539,000 253,843,000 248,335,000 274,609,000 301,922,000 266,661,000 295,436,000 320,076,000 337,380,000 363,659,000 318,499,000 302,656,000 332,385,000 365,030,000 367,416,000 398,560,000 307,912,000 335,425,000 364,005,000 397,219,000 430,797,000 466,322,000 350,893,000 364,113,000 181,515,000 196,031,000 203,739,000 220,610,000 232,670,000 249,656,000 118,061,000 119,806,000 89,538,000 96,810,000 102,676,000 99,343,000 109,870,000 123,972,000 54,778,000 67,173,000 79,807,000 81,130,000 92,899,000 106,144,000 113,595,000 124,021,000 135,570,000 142,519,000 158,020,000 151,591,000 187,940,000 213,155,000 246,955,000 252,401,000 285,583,000 
        deferred income taxes
      113,642,000 117,386,000 112,159,000 97,061,000 1,509,159,000 1,393,044,000 1,247,258,000 1,102,716,000 1,004,660,000 954,495,000 860,914,000 813,810,000 774,391,000 719,082,000 670,653,000 617,429,000 605,785,000 628,879,000 612,655,000 527,753,000 514,064,000 522,871,000 497,546,000 463,894,000 430,105,000 407,482,000 390,129,000 339,354,000 352,667,000 337,824,000 404,166,000 167,427,000 138,066,000 187,346,000 243,989,000 382,495,000       94,994,000 75,939,000 81,303,000 95,800,000 111,449,000 99,217,000 99,385,000 93,409,000 92,058,000 77,509,000 74,558,000 74,644,000 74,712,000 64,131,000 61,144,000 58,670,000 58,536,000 73,604,000 72,930,000 72,377,000 73,465,000 72,022,000 70,229,000 74,285,000 73,453,000 136,073,000 131,290,000 136,533,000 121,424,000 127,345,000 126,262,000 112,445,000 112,189,000 111,399,000 112,342,000 89,704,000 196,176,000 197,110,000 195,501,000 126,587,000 127,721,000 127,629,000 243,106,000 249,766,000 271,739,000 248,425,000 
        other long-term assets
      1,197,086,000 1,186,199,000 1,122,693,000 1,118,876,000 575,977,000 617,837,000 583,700,000 579,773,000 554,913,000 568,513,000 470,973,000 505,826,000 486,878,000 488,339,000 463,695,000 492,176,000 504,147,000 512,325,000 510,698,000 484,577,000 474,699,000 447,840,000 405,951,000 416,544,000 392,794,000 397,076,000 380,526,000 383,509,000 380,682,000 358,527,000 246,736,000 252,203,000 243,452,000 248,444,000 222,844,000 215,066,000 206,855,000 197,952,000 185,569,000 190,586,000 182,457,000 176,320,000 186,310,000 185,920,000 184,330,000 179,463,000 175,127,000 171,369,000 163,232,000 156,646,000 150,961,000 143,832,000 140,234,000 134,818,000 123,607,000 112,084,000 113,821,000 108,053,000 103,389,000 107,055,000 113,209,000 106,146,000 105,948,000 94,107,000 95,731,000 92,347,000 93,247,000 87,533,000 82,025,000 78,405,000                   
        total assets
      46,889,027,000 47,237,928,000 48,224,461,000 48,230,256,000 23,756,517,000 13,041,089,000 13,073,561,000 11,648,684,000 11,011,837,000 10,558,259,000 10,333,131,000 9,923,231,000 9,790,732,000 9,565,624,000 9,418,087,000 9,329,547,000 9,210,381,000 8,901,346,000 8,752,260,000 8,485,906,000 8,339,565,000 8,012,838,000 8,030,062,000 7,663,250,000 7,322,466,000 7,202,903,000 6,405,160,000 6,153,408,000 6,194,223,000 6,344,486,000 6,145,974,000 5,795,215,000 5,699,071,000 5,717,549,000 5,396,414,000 5,678,939,000 5,466,558,000 5,264,254,000 5,240,365,000 5,108,789,000 4,965,263,000 4,747,523,000 5,045,739,000 4,953,972,000 4,756,167,000 4,662,349,000 4,775,499,000 4,544,929,000 4,560,536,000 4,192,156,000 4,358,935,000 4,288,472,000 4,098,888,000 4,020,546,000 4,147,656,000 3,869,271,000 3,744,482,000 3,299,000,000 3,367,334,000 3,368,638,000 3,209,469,000 3,213,288,000 3,286,541,000 3,114,649,000 3,005,336,000 2,909,765,000 2,938,854,000 2,877,744,000 2,696,051,000 2,636,658,000 2,658,857,000 2,430,159,000 2,464,871,000 2,455,046,000 2,351,004,000 2,275,764,000 2,157,822,000 2,065,381,000 2,131,760,000 2,070,031,000 2,141,476,000 2,122,463,000 2,102,297,000 2,145,122,000 2,221,556,000 2,238,473,000 2,231,411,000 2,307,353,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                              
        current liabilities:
                                                                                              
        accounts payable and accrued liabilities
      1,185,204,000 1,304,688,000 1,326,211,000 1,283,204,000 903,546,000 938,679,000 1,163,592,000 756,983,000 635,916,000 699,474,000 1,123,761,000 905,464,000 701,816,000 663,594,000 809,403,000 736,099,000 612,221,000 540,733,000 694,748,000 615,737,000 480,831,000 422,928,000 623,664,000 549,906,000 447,055,000 355,352,000 506,459,000 471,629,000 365,848,000 335,341,000 578,326,000 449,037,000 373,938,000 349,365,000 499,846,000 403,302,000 351,500,000 251,098,000 401,451,000 347,606,000 285,196,000 254,872,000 385,542,000 330,825,000 301,101,000 242,335,000 397,113,000 319,036,000 275,611,000 217,404,000 358,197,000 321,103,000 277,114,000 223,456,000 383,093,000 302,888,000 258,820,000 204,543,000 302,176,000 284,463,000 226,784,000 216,672,000 312,850,000 240,407,000 186,802,000 182,159,000 255,095,000 221,249,000 176,233,000 182,608,000 240,676,000 176,746,000 165,054,000 232,014,000 173,156,000 168,107,000 234,149,000 195,279,000 169,006,000 146,477,000 231,359,000 211,401,000 185,338,000 166,532,000 159,407,000 157,733,000 149,388,000 204,226,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      135,523,000 133,098,000 128,205,000 127,452,000 104,170,000 99,310,000 94,791,000 89,869,000 84,550,000 89,194,000 85,690,000 80,192,000 78,056,000 66,326,000 54,274,000                                                                          
        deferred revenue
      2,419,876,000 2,459,122,000 2,245,961,000 1,991,429,000 1,375,398,000 1,320,605,000 1,391,737,000 1,356,804,000 1,457,282,000 1,855,839,000 1,776,000,000 1,744,326,000 1,968,808,000 1,995,077,000 1,910,822,000 1,755,594,000 1,795,267,000 1,852,175,000 1,517,623,000 1,542,606,000 1,581,841,000 1,546,038,000 1,388,263,000 1,389,609,000 1,396,511,000 1,404,729,000 1,212,476,000 1,138,993,000 1,194,404,000 1,262,201,000 1,152,862,000 1,129,651,000 1,101,886,000 1,121,297,000 1,064,528,000 1,046,801,000 952,050,000 1,018,834,000 1,085,802,000 1,009,070,000 926,363,000 934,524,000 968,246,000 912,768,000 827,576,000 823,745,000 928,242,000 857,532,000 781,274,000 778,082,000 827,554,000 804,390,000 691,882,000 757,874,000 834,864,000 798,144,000 676,068,000 652,655,000 703,555,000 694,536,000 578,576,000 565,895,000 600,569,000 593,911,000 505,771,000 507,435,000 553,990,000 581,792,000 540,609,000 547,343,000 603,525,000 522,078,000 528,932,000 568,838,000 540,003,000 522,922,000 445,598,000 428,607,000 477,449,000 475,962,000 415,689,000 415,448,000 467,162,000 482,192,000 385,302,000 430,302,000 415,803,000 398,878,000 
        short-term debt
      22,117,000 22,117,000 22,117,000 22,117,000 22,962,000              74,992,000 82,468,000 89,945,000 97,421,000 27,084,000 24,248,000 121,412,000 208,576,000 17,614,000 16,653,000 165,692,000 414,730,000 343,769,000 497,808,000 396,847,000 440,885,000 9,924,000 298,025,000 278,001,000 177,040,000 205,000,000 277,500,000 250,000,000 227,500,000 205,000,000 190,000,000 190,000,000 265,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000 230,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000 130,000,000                                
        current liabilities held for sale
      27,912,000 23,625,000  20,005,000    331,294,000 330,602,000                                                                                
        total current liabilities
      3,790,632,000 3,942,650,000 3,722,494,000 3,444,207,000 2,406,076,000 2,358,594,000 2,650,120,000 2,534,950,000 2,508,350,000 2,644,507,000 2,985,451,000 2,729,982,000 2,748,680,000 2,724,997,000 2,774,499,000 2,545,863,000 2,462,658,000 2,471,656,000 2,413,484,000 2,334,636,000 2,255,700,000 2,171,383,000 2,139,922,000 2,056,277,000 2,054,197,000 2,055,738,000 1,752,453,000 1,630,450,000 1,732,927,000 2,025,638,000 2,102,415,000 2,083,405,000 1,881,922,000 1,950,414,000 1,614,109,000 1,764,398,000 1,593,347,000 1,456,555,000 1,714,946,000 1,663,596,000 1,485,212,000 1,433,282,000 1,578,353,000 1,459,343,000 1,325,038,000 1,343,104,000 1,386,759,000 1,227,284,000 1,304,732,000 1,036,703,000 1,222,919,000 1,171,682,000 1,012,922,000 1,022,012,000 1,252,639,000 1,138,215,000 1,073,217,000 863,828,000 1,008,810,000 982,090,000 807,836,000 785,082,000 921,768,000 837,054,000 720,597,000 723,184,000 814,593,000 816,092,000 726,098,000 739,346,000 846,097,000 709,104,000 710,555,000 989,016,000 897,443,000 874,958,000 871,096,000 787,859,000 818,687,000 794,214,000 816,680,000 824,164,000 842,164,000 845,241,000 727,278,000 769,704,000 744,826,000 804,959,000 
        long-term operating lease liabilities
      670,475,000 691,249,000 680,698,000 672,729,000 587,438,000 551,507,000 574,065,000 568,407,000 543,207,000 563,815,000 584,035,000 590,827,000 591,667,000 603,538,000 581,273,000                                                                          
        long-term deferred revenue
      389,419,000 420,887,000 382,557,000 383,405,000 331,133,000 316,178,000 340,831,000 319,080,000 307,965,000 189,841,000 175,128,000 194,860,000 191,413,000 172,794,000 154,472,000 164,964,000 165,911,000 157,465,000 136,303,000 103,759,000 98,470,000 107,001,000 104,850,000 111,915,000 125,153,000 96,712,000 90,102,000 91,229,000 60,825,000 63,013,000 116,859,000 113,842,000 119,930,000 119,864,000 83,252,000 83,001,000 81,476,000 74,955,000 79,856,000 77,786,000 91,420,000 96,643,000 93,613,000 90,569,000 98,806,000 98,413,000 77,646,000 67,311,000 72,212,000 54,743,000 54,736,000 67,605,000 62,840,000 74,624,000 67,184,000 57,945,000 59,819,000 70,133,000 56,208,000 59,143,000 46,931,000 35,712,000 34,103,000 33,972,000 38,226,000 39,434,000 34,739,000 36,787,000 47,856,000 61,636,000 53,607,000 65,310,000 79,693,000 66,564,000 66,461,000 60,697,000 53,670,000 45,417,000 42,683,000 37,600,000 42,019,000 34,986,000 28,119,000 31,016,000 29,215,000 21,581,000 18,284,000 21,594,000 
        long-term debt
      10,013,845,000 10,022,093,000 13,462,398,000 14,318,016,000 10,027,681,000 14,220,000 15,601,000 15,599,000 16,960,000 16,951,000 18,078,000 18,165,000 20,201,000 20,569,000 20,824,000 21,960,000 23,775,000 24,370,000 25,094,000 24,754,000 25,620,000 25,658,000 100,823,000 107,104,000 114,370,000 122,516,000 120,093,000 125,285,000 126,152,000 127,140,000 125,535,000 123,750,000 127,500,000 131,250,000 134,063,000 137,813,000 139,688,000 142,500,000      22,500,000 30,000,000 37,500,000 45,000,000 52,500,000 60,000,000 67,500,000 75,000,000 82,500,000 90,000,000 97,500,000 105,000,000 112,500,000 120,000,000                                
        other long-term liabilities
      1,547,591,000 1,613,051,000 1,649,299,000 1,797,713,000 488,584,000 495,689,000 469,738,000 465,233,000 446,514,000 436,528,000 386,138,000 389,516,000 365,949,000 364,975,000 327,829,000 352,188,000 345,774,000 380,135,000 363,540,000 355,447,000 343,659,000 336,834,000 284,511,000 289,411,000 261,114,000 284,211,000 323,725,000 338,928,000 324,217,000 296,098,000 265,560,000 273,512,000 271,862,000 279,860,000 252,027,000 247,014,000 236,838,000 228,165,000 210,855,000 213,273,000 204,155,000 192,706,000 202,021,000 204,105,000 197,529,000 204,157,000 158,972,000 164,751,000 161,530,000 159,365,000 164,939,000 184,700,000 176,726,000 172,361,000 126,217,000 124,595,000 123,441,000 111,031,000 108,076,000 107,849,000 111,598,000 105,923,000 101,885,000 92,082,000 100,220,000 87,851,000 88,002,000                      
        total liabilities
      16,411,962,000 16,689,930,000 19,897,446,000 20,616,070,000 13,840,912,000 3,736,188,000 4,050,355,000 3,903,269,000 3,822,996,000 3,851,642,000 4,148,830,000 3,923,350,000 3,917,910,000 3,886,873,000 3,858,897,000 3,677,905,000 3,599,435,000 3,511,113,000 3,453,317,000 3,330,770,000 3,247,060,000 3,125,940,000 3,117,695,000 3,061,933,000 3,041,517,000 3,048,213,000 2,316,284,000 2,213,739,000 2,278,788,000 2,559,821,000 2,660,959,000 2,631,213,000 2,438,674,000 2,576,916,000 2,116,690,000 2,255,771,000 2,089,063,000 1,939,569,000 2,045,219,000 1,988,043,000 1,815,258,000 1,757,140,000 1,911,750,000 1,815,724,000 1,691,169,000 1,725,328,000 1,719,329,000 1,548,876,000 1,641,417,000 1,368,941,000 1,570,658,000 1,552,342,000 1,399,956,000 1,418,387,000 1,603,685,000 1,478,171,000 1,454,506,000 1,127,195,000 1,266,034,000 1,247,131,000 1,062,071,000 1,055,415,000 1,186,359,000 1,064,839,000 947,175,000 939,022,000 1,094,688,000 1,114,826,000 1,002,105,000 1,032,543,000 1,128,453,000 995,333,000 1,024,945,000 1,137,091,000 1,037,380,000 1,007,904,000  908,842,000 933,285,000 900,174,000         
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                              
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value: 2,000 shares authorized; none outstanding
                                                                                              
        common stock
      1,928,000 1,915,000 1,860,000 1,855,000 1,552,000 1,547,000 1,541,000 1,536,000 1,532,000 1,525,000 1,521,000 1,521,000 1,523,000 1,524,000 1,524,000 1,530,000 1,530,000 1,533,000 1,531,000 1,526,000 1,526,000 1,526,000 1,528,000 1,519,000 1,509,000 1,502,000 1,503,000 1,504,000 1,500,000 1,493,000 1,493,000 1,486,000 1,490,000 1,490,000 1,505,000 1,503,000 1,506,000 1,505,000 1,515,000 1,514,000 1,523,000 1,515,000 1,552,000 1,559,000 1,551,000 1,535,000 1,560,000 1,556,000 1,547,000 1,541,000 1,542,000 1,543,000 1,535,000 1,519,000 1,509,000 1,486,000 1,470,000 1,439,000 1,433,000 1,437,000 1,465,000 1,492,000 1,485,000 1,475,000 1,498,000 1,465,000 1,469,000 1,443,000 1,441,000 1,420,000 1,428,000 1,417,000 1,437,000 1,436,000 1,447,000 1,443,000    1,427,000         
        capital in excess of par value
      20,565,562,000 20,562,001,000 18,640,947,000 18,549,871,000 1,219,021,000 1,127,181,000 1,211,206,000 1,192,363,000 1,182,829,000 1,183,473,000 1,276,152,000 1,257,382,000 1,330,072,000 1,292,900,000 1,487,126,000 1,415,244,000 1,517,481,000 1,430,226,000 1,576,363,000 1,606,980,000 1,679,801,000 1,589,175,000 1,653,166,000 1,623,586,000 1,655,787,000 1,626,783,000 1,635,455,000 1,597,629,000 1,659,484,000 1,654,363,000 1,644,830,000 1,591,293,000 1,678,921,000 1,612,459,000 1,622,429,000 1,631,200,000 1,661,205,000 1,640,036,000 1,644,675,000 1,605,267,000 1,642,783,000 1,602,206,000 1,610,460,000 1,604,994,000 1,603,397,000 1,586,965,000 1,614,603,000 1,594,965,000 1,614,838,000 1,601,935,000 1,597,244,000 1,581,340,000 1,599,164,000 1,589,035,000 1,585,034,000 1,570,059,000 1,574,056,000 1,540,528,000 1,521,327,000 1,542,225,000 1,539,833,000 1,543,202,000 1,541,383,000 1,527,034,000 1,512,888,000 1,511,099,000 1,500,166,000 1,488,012,000 1,487,096,000 1,482,555,000 1,457,282,000 1,435,900,000 1,423,949,000 1,363,458,000 1,347,232,000 1,332,930,000 1,316,252,000   1,280,329,000 1,263,952,000        
        retained earnings
      10,397,550,000 10,380,445,000 10,315,487,000 9,866,791,000 9,624,282,000 9,278,950,000 8,984,105,000 7,884,044,000 7,478,366,000 7,188,550,000 6,741,699,000 6,389,825,000 6,075,009,000 5,805,843,000 5,534,307,000 5,377,586,000 5,157,633,000 4,863,400,000 4,549,713,000 4,348,266,000 4,149,620,000 3,954,542,000 3,795,397,000 3,597,944,000 3,356,489,000 3,268,205,000 3,164,144,000 3,003,430,000 2,912,811,000 2,820,910,000 2,543,688,000 2,296,546,000 2,223,287,000 2,133,854,000 2,143,873,000 2,277,499,000 2,170,133,000 2,137,395,000 1,947,585,000 1,894,333,000 1,838,704,000 1,784,317,000 1,725,727,000 1,688,764,000 1,643,207,000 1,608,758,000 1,551,592,000 1,501,238,000 1,437,246,000 1,382,199,000 1,324,854,000 1,283,068,000 1,231,378,000 1,167,623,000 1,098,694,000 1,079,382,000 1,009,475,000 1,001,409,000 957,517,000 931,281,000 883,487,000 816,700,000 770,674,000 758,727,000 725,102,000 705,216,000 574,980,000 568,639,000 522,129,000 485,175,000 395,378,000 342,424,000 313,413,000 249,097,000 226,606,000 192,838,000 170,743,000 175,667,000 168,774,000 171,559,000 171,108,000 190,390,000 176,841,000 186,945,000 249,844,000 226,403,000 228,961,000 251,979,000 
        treasury stock
      -242,827,000 -191,851,000 -398,278,000 -572,091,000 -689,001,000 -860,967,000 -1,025,770,000 -1,188,435,000 -1,321,554,000 -1,539,340,000 -1,675,650,000 -1,542,889,000 -1,428,748,000 -1,321,180,000 -1,272,955,000 -1,034,841,000 -999,234,000 -856,929,000 -782,866,000 -757,341,000 -701,457,000 -628,216,000 -488,613,000 -554,304,000 -634,669,000 -664,352,000 -625,642,000 -572,104,000 -567,503,000 -600,112,000 -597,682,000 -636,533,000 -585,016,000 -574,082,000 -426,208,000 -419,370,000 -376,100,000 -355,257,000 -294,052,000 -270,813,000 -229,942,000 -268,860,000 -98,375,000 -61,204,000 -94,627,000 -162,992,000 -49,496,000 -60,194,000 -94,659,000 -116,035,000 -106,668,000 -89,650,000 -105,138,000 -139,819,000 -168,090,000 -228,104,000 -272,383,000 -347,416,000 -358,032,000 -351,896,000 -278,016,000 -190,332,000 -197,586,000 -213,637,000 -165,266,000 -236,935,000 -228,618,000                    -52,634,000 -20,733,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -244,082,000                                                           -1,540,000   -15,774,000 -23,789,000 -16,061,000 -10,102,000 -3,831,000                      
        total synopsys stockholders’ equity
      30,478,131,000 30,548,827,000 28,327,602,000 27,614,531,000 9,915,718,000 9,304,792,000 8,990,702,000 7,709,396,000 7,153,160,000 6,670,984,000 6,147,308,000 5,958,555,000 5,831,859,000 5,636,754,000 5,515,725,000 5,604,026,000 5,564,311,000 5,386,773,000 5,295,137,000 5,151,020,000 5,088,135,000 4,882,252,000 4,907,404,000 4,595,925,000 4,275,086,000 4,148,827,000 4,083,013,000 3,933,806,000 3,909,572,000 3,778,802,000 3,479,152,000 3,158,139,000 3,256,293,000 3,136,529,000 3,275,620,000                2,788,277,000 2,736,130,000 2,698,932,000 2,602,159,000 2,501,686,000                                  
        non-controlling interest
      -1,066,000 -829,000 -587,000 -345,000 -113,000 109,000 2,504,000 4,976,000 4,638,000 4,590,000 5,950,000 5,449,000 5,086,000 5,948,000 4,801,000 4,100,000 3,119,000 3,460,000 3,806,000 4,116,000 4,370,000 4,646,000 4,963,000 5,392,000 5,863,000 5,863,000 5,863,000 5,863,000 5,863,000 5,863,000 5,863,000 5,863,000 4,104,000 4,104,000 4,104,000                    42,285,000                                  
        total stockholders’ equity
      30,477,065,000 30,547,998,000 28,327,015,000 27,614,186,000 9,915,605,000 9,304,901,000 8,993,206,000 7,714,372,000 7,157,798,000 6,675,574,000 6,153,258,000 5,964,004,000 5,836,945,000 5,642,702,000 5,520,526,000 5,608,126,000 5,567,430,000 5,390,233,000 5,298,943,000 5,155,136,000 5,092,505,000 4,886,898,000 4,912,367,000 4,601,317,000 4,280,949,000 4,154,690,000 4,088,876,000 3,939,669,000 3,915,435,000 3,784,665,000 3,485,015,000 3,164,002,000 3,260,397,000 3,140,633,000 3,279,724,000 3,423,168,000 3,377,495,000 3,324,685,000 3,195,146,000 3,120,746,000 3,150,005,000 2,990,383,000 3,133,989,000 3,138,248,000 3,064,998,000 2,937,021,000 3,056,170,000 2,996,053,000 2,919,119,000 2,823,215,000 2,788,277,000 2,736,130,000 2,698,932,000 2,602,159,000 2,543,971,000 2,391,100,000 2,289,976,000 2,171,805,000 2,101,300,000 2,121,507,000 2,147,398,000 2,157,873,000 2,100,182,000 2,049,810,000 2,058,161,000 1,970,743,000 1,844,166,000 1,762,918,000 1,693,946,000 1,604,115,000 1,530,404,000 1,434,826,000 1,439,926,000 1,317,955,000 1,313,624,000 1,267,860,000 1,163,167,000 1,156,539,000 1,198,475,000 1,169,857,000 1,218,936,000 1,202,174,000 1,172,231,000 1,210,331,000 1,413,542,000 1,395,886,000 1,412,736,000 1,433,410,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      46,889,027,000 47,237,928,000                8,901,346,000 8,752,260,000 8,485,906,000 8,339,565,000 8,012,838,000 8,030,062,000 7,663,250,000 7,322,466,000 7,202,903,000 6,405,160,000 6,153,408,000 6,194,223,000 6,344,486,000 6,145,974,000 5,795,215,000 5,699,071,000 5,717,549,000 5,396,414,000 5,678,939,000 5,466,558,000 5,264,254,000 5,240,365,000 5,108,789,000 4,965,263,000 4,747,523,000 5,045,739,000 4,953,972,000 4,756,167,000 4,662,349,000 4,775,499,000 4,544,929,000 4,560,536,000 4,192,156,000 4,358,935,000 4,288,472,000 4,098,888,000 4,020,546,000 4,147,656,000 3,869,271,000 3,744,482,000 3,299,000,000 3,367,334,000 3,368,638,000 3,209,469,000 3,213,288,000 3,286,541,000 3,114,649,000 3,005,336,000 2,909,765,000 2,938,854,000 2,877,744,000 2,696,051,000 2,636,658,000 2,658,857,000 2,430,159,000 2,464,871,000 2,455,046,000 2,351,004,000 2,275,764,000 2,157,822,000 2,065,381,000 2,131,760,000 2,070,031,000 2,141,476,000 2,122,463,000 2,102,297,000 2,145,122,000 2,221,556,000 2,238,473,000 2,231,411,000 2,307,353,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
       -203,683,000 -232,414,000 -231,895,000 -240,136,000 -241,919,000 -180,380,000 -180,112,000 -188,013,000 -163,224,000 -196,414,000 -147,284,000 -145,997,000 -142,333,000 -234,277,000 -155,493,000 -113,099,000 -51,457,000 -49,604,000 -48,411,000 -41,355,000 -34,775,000 -54,074,000 -72,820,000 -104,030,000 -83,311,000 -92,447,000 -96,653,000 -96,720,000 -97,852,000 -113,177,000 -94,653,000 -62,389,000 -37,192,000 -65,979,000 -67,664,000 -79,249,000 -98,994,000 -104,577,000 -109,555,000 -103,063,000 -128,795,000 -105,375,000 -95,865,000 -88,530,000 -97,245,000 -62,089,000 -41,512,000 -39,853,000 -46,425,000 -28,695,000 -40,171,000 -28,007,000 -16,199,000 -15,461,000 -31,723,000 -22,642,000 -24,155,000 -20,945,000  629,000 -13,189,000         201,000 3,417,000 3,562,000            143,000 3,048,000 7,917,000 9,353,000 
        liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                              
        redeemable non-controlling interest
            30,000,000 31,043,000 31,043,000 31,043,000 31,043,000 35,877,000 35,877,000 36,049,000 38,664,000 43,516,000 43,516,000                                                                        
        total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest and stockholders’ equity
        48,224,461,000 48,230,256,000 23,756,517,000 13,041,089,000 13,073,561,000 11,648,684,000 11,011,837,000 10,558,259,000 10,333,131,000 9,923,231,000 9,790,732,000 9,565,624,000 9,418,087,000 9,329,547,000 9,210,381,000                                                                        
        current assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                              
        long-term assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                              
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                              
        long-term liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                              
        long-term assets held for sale
                                                                                              
        long-term liabilities held for sale
                                                                                              
        operating lease liabilities, current
                     54,170,000 55,170,000 78,748,000 79,678,000 79,289,000 77,610,000 72,769,000 73,173,000 71,861,000 72,465,000 68,274,000                                                               
        operating lease liabilities, non-current
                     592,930,000 601,317,000 477,487,000 487,003,000 487,574,000 498,953,000 459,880,000 462,411,000 470,215,000 462,094,000 459,152,000                                                               
        income taxes receivable and prepaid taxes
                        32,411,000 35,724,000 32,657,000 25,190,000 32,355,000 20,960,000 18,809,000 21,947,000 24,855,000 29,751,000 59,853,000 55,547,000 76,525,000 44,378,000 46,847,000 44,258,000 48,257,000 55,750,000 55,505,000 54,596,000 56,091,000 51,463,000 48,397,000 48,550,000 46,732,000 36,344,000 33,004,000 28,089,000 26,496,000 18,544,000 18,241,000 19,142,000 18,277,000 18,352,000 20,178,000 22,867,000 17,267,000 17,700,000 28,858,000                                
        accrued income taxes
                        46,443,000 14,536,000 25,473,000 32,227,000 27,738,000 20,653,000 16,754,000 18,807,000 15,904,000 3,175,000 6,983,000 13,366,000 27,458,000 6,909,000 9,251,000 38,867,000 39,811,000 16,270,000 11,796,000 9,583,000 22,693,000 29,420,000 23,653,000 16,386,000 19,565,000 25,750,000 6,361,000 12,024,000 31,404,000 20,716,000 17,847,000 11,217,000 7,168,000 16,189,000 13,926,000 10,682,000 4,682,000 7,183,000 8,329,000 6,630,000 3,079,000 3,091,000 2,476,000 2,515,000 8,349,000 2,736,000 28,024,000 33,590,000 5,508,000 13,051,000 9,256,000 9,395,000 1,896,000 10,280,000 16,569,000 188,164,000 184,284,000 183,929,000 191,349,000 163,973,000 172,232,000 171,775,000 169,632,000 197,315,000 189,664,000 196,517,000 182,569,000 181,669,000 179,635,000 201,855,000 
        long-term accrued income taxes
                        27,893,000 24,600,000 24,658,000 25,184,000 25,178,000 27,011,000 24,589,000 29,884,000 29,911,000 27,847,000 34,667,000 47,932,000 50,590,000 36,704,000 37,460,000 95,528,000 33,239,000 23,545,000 37,714,000 37,394,000 39,562,000 33,388,000 34,471,000 34,509,000 37,763,000 39,207,000 39,796,000 42,154,000 50,952,000 37,030,000 42,943,000 50,630,000 53,064,000 45,855,000 57,468,000 51,890,000 52,645,000 44,916,000 78,029,000 82,203,000  98,049,000 95,706,000 128,698,000  101,731,000 88,132,000 88,553,000  168,008,000 151,816,000 154,679,000 123,236,000 137,597,000 146,373,000                
        long-term prepaid taxes
                         10,417,000 10,416,000 8,285,000 8,276,000 8,279,000 15,068,000 15,515,000 15,503,000 13,973,000 22,093,000 54,722,000 138,312,000 86,405,000 94,266,000 99,835,000 20,157,000 15,706,000 15,068,000 15,800,000 13,991,000 18,619,000 17,480,000 19,207,000 18,736,000 13,800,000 3,789,000 4,501,000 17,645,000 9,952,000 9,605,000 7,119,000 7,935,000 8,644,000 9,702,000 8,557,000 9,429,000 22,894,000 24,541,000                                
        long-term deferred income taxes
                                          367,000,000 355,469,000 281,926,000 278,225,000 282,393,000 280,009,000 178,915,000 211,733,000 210,373,000 227,715,000 208,156,000 204,502,000 203,554,000 235,460,000 243,066,000 270,745,000 270,037,000 281,887,000 239,412,000 284,905,000 280,259,000 267,078,000 281,056,000 278,203,000 262,173,000 264,117,000 268,759,000 264,874,000 270,365,000 251,762,000 205,396,000 160,090,000 165,600,000 168,070,000 151,077,000 168,056,000 181,404,000 197,039,000 191,551,000 204,979,000 206,254,000 188,890,000 90,174,000 83,232,000 82,384,000  173,214,000 155,517,000     
        income taxes receivable
                                                               22,369,000 25,545,000 21,477,000 28,696,000 31,358,000 18,425,000 26,568,000 36,294,000 41,806,000 51,191,000 44,091,000 47,651,000 49,534,000 51,233,000 42,724,000 40,684,000 43,665,000 41,539,000 41,487,000 42,538,000 46,254,000 48,223,000 48,224,000 48,370,000 46,522,000 46,521,000 46,522,000 49,223,000 49,328,000 71,471,000 72,124,000 
        long term accrued income taxes
                                                                92,940,000    128,603,000    157,354,000                      
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                                                        43,820,000    60,814,000 57,337,000 52,187,000  32,982,000 50,319,000 44,304,000 23,118,000 23,173,000 24,808,000 16,924,000 20,607,000 32,756,000 27,710,000 30,081,000 33,336,000 29,419,000 19,302,000 
        other current assets
                                                                         49,494,000 50,094,000 42,936,000                   
        deferred compensation and other liabilities
                                                                         93,939,000 76,335,000 76,882,000 105,513,000 83,322,000 88,324,000 81,511,000 73,476,000 72,249,000 69,889,000 75,566,000 71,915,000 68,360,000 63,841,000 61,139,000 59,783,000 58,534,000 51,521,000 51,302,000 55,565,000 47,390,000 
        other assets
                                                                            102,552,000 97,629,000 97,366,000 90,039,000 79,383,000 74,221,000 69,754,000 68,284,000 68,606,000 65,253,000 61,828,000 59,529,000 57,597,000 56,389,000 80,054,000 66,914,000 48,469,000 38,924,000 
        prepaid expenses and other assets
                                                                               51,348,000               
        long-term investments
                                                                                 4,957,000 4,877,000 4,616,000 6,542,000 8,322,000 8,092,000 9,143,000 11,030,000 11,472,000 13,458,000 7,730,000 8,316,000 8,595,000 
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                                              
        common stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                                  1,406,000 1,404,000 1,438,000  1,459,000  1,437,000 1,451,000   1,557,000 1,560,000 
        deferred stock compensation
                                                                                            -5,645,000 -7,170,000 
        additional paid-in capital
                                                                                   1,307,569,000 1,293,783,000   1,256,806,000 1,242,313,000 1,241,531,000 1,240,384,000 1,236,738,000 1,232,580,000 1,198,421,000 
        preferred stock, 0.01 per value; 4,000,000 shares authorized; none outstanding
                                                                                              
        long term deferred income taxes
                                                                                       154,970,000       
        common stock, 0.01 par value per share...
                                                                                       1,442,000   1,548,000 1,552,000   
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
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          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                               
          net income
        16,868,000 64,716,000 448,453,000 242,277,000 345,110,000 297,411,000 1,095,620,000 404,894,000 289,089,000 446,207,000 346,495,000 333,055,000 269,948,000 268,627,000 147,342,000 222,626,000 294,781,000 313,687,000 201,447,000 198,646,000 195,078,000 162,345,000 197,455,000 252,911,000 109,920,000 104,061,000 160,714,000 99,929,000 118,210,000 153,514,000 254,328,000 79,409,000 102,472,000 -3,691,000 -120,082,000 116,751,000 53,306,000 86,588,000 72,697,000 64,718,000 69,376,000 60,035,000 49,762,000 55,387,000 55,596,000 65,189,000 62,455,000 65,656,000 63,317,000 67,696,000 56,890,000 52,297,000 68,691,000 69,922,000 29,081,000 75,656,000 20,971,000 56,694,000 39,942,000 52,082,000 81,114,000 48,226,000 25,401,000 39,327,000 39,549,000 132,786,000 19,528,000 47,436,000 48,288,000 52,429,000 57,749,000 39,387,000 46,445,000 24,855,000 41,265,000 23,357,000 10,120,000 7,550,000 5,375,000 1,697,000 -13,475,000 17,294,000 -4,972,000 -14,325,000 41,828,000 28,739,000 32,152,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                               
          amortization and depreciation
        456,489,000 450,688,000 449,123,000 114,469,000 48,904,000 47,934,000 114,916,000 56,263,000 60,998,000 62,888,000 67,087,000 63,111,000 59,628,000 57,294,000 58,697,000 57,746,000 50,277,000 61,685,000 52,402,000 51,208,000 49,438,000 50,628,000 50,830,000 54,078,000 52,846,000 52,232,000 49,543,000 49,292,000 51,011,000 51,830,000 58,962,000 53,416,000 52,909,000 43,920,000 45,330,000 47,068,000 47,580,000 49,464,000 49,218,000 50,588,000 50,790,000 56,436,000 57,286,000 52,484,000 51,522,000 50,529,000 52,076,000 49,165,000 47,871,000 43,714,000 45,648,000 47,602,000 47,090,000 47,064,000 41,764,000 40,214,000 42,897,000 31,965,000 31,591,000 31,961,000 33,322,000 31,676,000 29,429,000 21,554,000 24,566,000 25,652,000 26,872,000 24,853,000 24,310,000 25,418,000 23,291,000 24,911,000 25,333,000 25,168,000 25,710,000 26,966,000 28,944,000 27,572,000 28,245,000 29,729,000 35,138,000 38,807,000 50,630,000 50,482,000 48,258,000 48,042,000 48,230,000 
          reduction of operating lease right-of-use assets
        36,410,000 36,442,000 36,484,000 29,061,000 26,255,000 25,473,000 25,077,000 24,017,000 23,803,000 24,376,000 25,058,000 24,574,000 24,170,000 23,903,000 23,561,000 23,568,000 21,402,000 21,010,000 21,725,000 22,209,000 21,737,000 20,974,000 20,310,000 23,072,000 16,312,000 23,201,000                                                              
          amortization of capitalized costs to obtain revenue contracts
        21,881,000 19,277,000 14,317,000 13,515,000 12,939,000 12,466,000 16,516,000 19,159,000 19,186,000 18,726,000 20,513,000 22,089,000 20,738,000 18,850,000 18,588,000 19,864,000 17,837,000 16,737,000 17,725,000 16,498,000 15,467,000 15,008,000 16,334,000 16,572,000 14,517,000 13,762,000 16,520,000 17,805,000 15,632,000 12,793,000                                                          
          stock-based compensation
        222,303,000 258,724,000 237,385,000 267,723,000 201,723,000 186,463,000 152,290,000 181,539,000 177,835,000 180,652,000 141,343,000 144,464,000 143,258,000 134,227,000 125,592,000 127,605,000 110,061,000 95,771,000 96,742,000 85,162,000 79,586,000 83,782,000 78,429,000 61,837,000 56,435,000 51,883,000                                                              
          allowance for credit losses
        6,636,000 8,206,000 27,332,000 7,619,000 6,021,000 9,919,000 5,028,000 4,709,000 3,928,000 6,059,000 7,995,000 5,803,000 2,434,000 3,700,000 1,039,000 -9,794,000 5,278,000                                                                      
          loss on sale of strategic investments
          1,200,000                                                                                    
          gain on sale of building
                                                                                             
          loss on divestitures, net of transaction costs
                                                                                              
          amortization of bridge financing costs
          1,585,000 29,943,000 10,468,000 15,242,000 11,350,000 6,085,000 1,000,000                                                                              
          amortization of debt issuance costs
        4,345,000 12,558,000 7,057,000 4,442,000                                                                                    
          deferred income taxes
        -69,269,000 -51,776,000 -144,083,000 -89,440,000 -98,095,000 -139,075,000 -130,809,000 -105,986,000 -69,522,000 -101,332,000 -44,984,000 -40,971,000 -59,595,000 -65,495,000 -42,756,000 -3,101,000 20,896,000 -11,952,000 -95,467,000 -16,655,000 3,761,000 -20,222,000 -37,152,000 -36,693,000 -19,987,000 -17,694,000 -72,956,000 13,822,000 -17,271,000 -6,215,000 -215,819,000 -33,369,000 -7,294,000 46,172,000 134,012,000 -14,299,000 -9,650,000 12,989,000 -16,784,000 12,731,000 -6,029,000 -3,955,000 12,749,000 -3,502,000 27,794,000 -158,000 -24,559,000 -1,807,000 3,375,000 5,891,000 -7,948,000 -953,000 13,125,000 -4,900,000 2,297,000 520,000 -4,500,000 14,533,000 27,169,000 -3,952,000 -4,310,000 3,371,000 69,653,000 7,252,000 13,127,000 -51,676,000 10,141,000 8,189,000 -728,000 8,340,000 15,329,000   4,289,000 9,873,000 804,000            
          other
        65,000 -218,000 -151,000 -556,000 -367,000 186,000 -199,000       -600,000 -600,000        -762,000     2,100,000    -1,470,000 914,000 -14,000 -488,000 -2,294,000   -4,224,000 -900,000                                    
          net changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and dispositions:
                                                                                               
          accounts receivable
        363,163,000 -128,651,000 -146,151,000 46,109,000 -105,046,000 30,948,000 -162,619,000 38,270,000 140,460,000 -119,571,000 -290,943,000 103,222,000 246,649,000 -237,360,000 -129,604,000 47,999,000 296,899,000 -466,684,000 12,710,000 31,359,000 172,547,000 -14,910,000 -147,139,000 -5,134,000 161,831,000 -246,364,000 -97,945,000 65,892,000 232,527,000 -209,049,000 -54,090,000 63,762,000 -70,646,000 -34,811,000 -40,117,000 -38,685,000 -41,094,000 122,192,000 -120,801,000 -16,087,000 63,254,000 30,365,000 -73,509,000 33,467,000 -57,348,000 40,857,000 -89,852,000 84,411,000 -67,487,000 7,910,000 29,383,000 -31,080,000 18,946,000 20,341,000 -67,796,000 25,917,000 -414,000 -11,102,000 -25,754,000 35,684,000 -39,518,000 10,614,000 2,979,000 1,445,000 -5,790,000 -14,836,000 12,140,000             17,203,000 9,017,000 40,643,000 -24,298,000 31,480,000   4,595,000 
          inventories
        -56,450,000 -29,382,000 11,551,000 5,698,000 16,086,000 -55,852,000 19,854,000 -10,785,000 365,000 -60,883,000 -45,833,000 -29,271,000 -40,038,000 -8,610,000 1,202,000 -7,607,000 -1,430,000 9,155,000 3,402,000 -13,143,000 -541,000 -37,764,000 -37,984,000 7,056,000 -18,794,000 -5,302,000 20,188,000 10,927,000 -34,531,000 -15,827,000                                                          
          prepaid and other current assets
        -39,967,000 84,616,000 -53,430,000 260,820,000 -36,905,000 -103,567,000 -59,780,000 -159,057,000 -94,679,000 -96,916,000 -114,769,000 -41,064,000 49,792,000 -355,000 -33,908,000 -53,658,000 -2,114,000 -303,000 -39,973,000 -16,229,000 -33,683,000 -12,289,000 10,052,000 -15,461,000 -14,586,000 8,697,000 -11,555,000 -19,677,000 -8,520,000 -10,027,000 45,574,000 -10,745,000 -17,072,000 -30,592,000 -15,319,000 -345,000 11,602,000 -24,893,000 -14,700,000 267,000 4,617,000 -27,825,000 12,730,000 -1,252,000 8,276,000 -42,860,000 854,000 5,539,000 9,078,000 -13,635,000 2,554,000 12,885,000 -4,173,000 -23,329,000 9,083,000 9,558,000 5,530,000 -8,972,000 -5,885,000 1,288,000 5,938,000 -14,786,000    6,184,000                      
          other long-term assets
        -5,647,000 -81,413,000 -53,583,000 -391,735,000 7,436,000 -43,494,000 -31,096,000 -32,608,000 -32,455,000 -72,096,000 15,869,000 -41,163,000 -21,128,000 -54,196,000 4,775,000 -11,357,000 3,268,000 -11,969,000 -35,115,000 -20,403,000 -47,134,000 -50,385,000 -5,472,000 -38,473,000 -11,690,000 -27,732,000 -10,551,000 -23,073,000 -41,868,000 -49,403,000 5,767,000 -9,906,000 3,882,000 -25,635,000 -6,820,000 -9,395,000 -10,090,000 -13,931,000 4,348,000 -8,774,000 -8,352,000 9,008,000 -118,000 -2,782,000 -5,762,000 -7,597,000 -4,423,000 -5,091,000 -7,061,000 -6,695,000 -7,176,000 -3,768,000 -6,040,000 -10,484,000 -3,085,000 982,000 -4,671,000 -3,457,000 3,433,000 3,977,000 -6,738,000 -4,920,000 -3,453,000 1,527,000 -2,869,000 -1,128,000 -13,229,000 733,000 -159,000 407,000                  
          accounts payable and accrued liabilities
        -77,343,000 -37,286,000 -44,871,000 273,913,000 71,122,000 -313,651,000 170,032,000 159,618,000 124,618,000 -266,704,000 121,922,000 211,414,000 -18,582,000 -144,258,000 12,290,000 134,652,000 42,215,000 -223,223,000 73,142,000 148,789,000 74,339,000 -171,137,000 69,931,000 122,831,000 53,825,000 -132,814,000 25,920,000 115,292,000 58,607,000 -219,099,000 105,534,000 75,272,000 8,101,000 -139,864,000 101,502,000 59,470,000 105,975,000 -129,316,000 60,726,000 66,256,000 37,224,000 -145,229,000 53,080,000 36,630,000               9,877,000 52,035,000   31,836,000 47,402,000                       -54,692,000 
          operating lease liabilities
        -41,821,000 -32,345,000 -35,243,000 -29,743,000 -25,515,000 -23,102,000 -24,712,000 -23,545,000 -25,140,000 -23,569,000 -20,367,000 -21,280,000 -14,005,000 -17,629,000 -19,641,000 -22,224,000 -24,486,000 -19,477,000 -20,915,000 -20,561,000 -20,398,000 -20,707,000 -20,610,000 -25,536,000 -11,453,000 -20,979,000                                                              
          income taxes
        -139,981,000 17,561,000 146,698,000 -103,477,000 -123,862,000 86,992,000 168,737,000 -12,416,000 -111,738,000 -117,798,000 74,154,000 29,337,000 44,171,000 50,416,000 62,383,000 -26,493,000 -40,801,000 6,555,000 58,269,000 -21,028,000 -20,612,000 12,226,000 7,992,000 4,858,000 -3,769,000 5,039,000 26,740,000 25,096,000 9,926,000 -41,985,000 -68,827,000 9,563,000 -26,560,000 -18,017,000 38,834,000 -7,733,000 2,765,000 -14,201,000 4,759,000 -2,070,000 9,143,000 -4,734,000 -24,000,000 6,444,000 -13,053,000 -14,024,000 9,855,000 -3,929,000 -4,953,000 -10,068,000 -1,831,000 2,099,000 -977,000 -1,597,000 -10,743,000 -23,934,000 -3,275,000 -5,161,000 -19,379,000 1,892,000 -24,061,000 -16,829,000 -62,607,000                         
          deferred revenue
        -68,748,000 265,115,000 255,193,000 17,480,000 59,562,000 -96,974,000 54,917,000 -98,888,000 -34,422,000 87,034,000 17,875,000 -207,475,000 -4,937,000 81,102,000 159,898,000 -69,823,000 -30,812,000 354,988,000 7,997,000 -31,184,000 31,221,000 152,291,000 -12,244,000 -25,394,000 -10,609,000 196,969,000 71,737,000 -28,986,000 -66,523,000 149,489,000 28,549,000 24,551,000 -18,229,000 70,458,000 18,048,000 98,111,000 -63,431,000 -69,372,000 76,709,000 63,047,000 -20,755,000 -32,097,000 45,632,000 75,037,000 4,298,000 -74,828,000 77,453,000 70,430,000 -3,077,000 -44,992,000 10,536,000 118,125,000 -71,816,000 -56,031,000 23,764,000 115,969,000 4,860,000 -37,007,000 -2,993,000 122,544,000 23,904,000 -30,414,000 -22,326,000 77,388,000 -996,000 -44,239,000        28,083,000 22,845,000 84,351,000 24,586,000 -46,288,000 6,570,000 54,745,000 7,274,000 -51,705,000 -17,573,000 107,129,000  17,654,000 13,615,000 
          unrealized loss on settlement of interest rate treasury lock
                                                                                             
          net cash from operating activities
        628,934,000 856,832,000 639,738,000 670,960,000 275,365,000 -67,455,000 562,818,000 455,411,000 476,590,000 -87,790,000 326,061,000 559,522,000 702,940,000 114,751,000 393,505,000 439,694,000 749,957,000 155,744,000 370,559,000 421,767,000 526,338,000 173,958,000 202,151,000 399,423,000 379,919,000 9,820,000 221,249,000 370,463,000 352,820,000 -144,019,000 130,961,000 289,206,000 63,430,000 -59,365,000 184,854,000 279,854,000 122,975,000 46,882,000 147,662,000 251,709,000 222,434,000 -35,170,000 152,417,000 275,007,000 155,079,000 -87,343,000 172,912,000 340,130,000 111,803,000 -73,892,000 191,335,000 263,078,000 133,730,000 -91,438,000 102,932,000 295,680,000 126,774,000 -39,318,000 73,026,000 310,435,000 96,488,000 -39,633,000 96,892,000 207,916,000 81,645,000 -45,417,000 63,910,000       116,101,000   99,747,000 59,465,000 26,877,000 19,801,000 74,335,000   142,075,000 128,753,000 90,398,000 11,319,000 
          capital expenditures
        -54,198,000 -35,320,000 -34,546,000 -38,605,000 -55,588,000 -40,715,000 -4,389,000 -40,009,000 -38,372,000 -40,391,000 -53,098,000 -45,152,000 -47,868,000 -43,500,000 -33,655,000 -35,567,000 -25,616,000 -41,751,000 -26,807,000 -22,897,000 -16,281,000 -27,779,000 -34,483,000 -39,571,000 -26,058,000 -54,605,000 -75,771,000 -53,396,000 -39,955,000 -29,007,000 -28,507,000 -21,857,000 -20,296,000 -28,316,000 -20,101,000 -19,032,000 -13,017,000 -18,178,000 -18,660,000 -19,349,000 -13,563,000 -15,337,000 -19,257,000 -23,729,000 -24,372,000 -19,607,000 -45,190,000 -28,184,000 -15,548,000 -14,353,000 -17,835,000 -18,198,000 -15,446,000 -13,980,000 -21,473,000 -13,133,000 -8,569,000 -11,016,000 -14,509,000 -22,236,000 -10,383,000 -10,217,000 -11,630,000 -13,800,000 -5,756,000 -8,037,000           -14,980,000 
          free cash flows
        574,736,000 821,512,000 605,192,000 632,355,000 219,777,000 -108,170,000 558,429,000 415,402,000 438,218,000 -128,181,000 272,963,000 514,370,000 655,072,000 71,251,000 359,850,000 404,127,000 724,341,000 113,993,000 343,752,000 398,870,000 510,057,000 146,179,000 167,668,000 359,852,000 353,861,000 -44,785,000 145,478,000 317,067,000 312,865,000 -173,026,000 102,454,000 267,349,000 43,134,000 -87,681,000 164,753,000 260,822,000 109,958,000 28,704,000 129,002,000 232,360,000 208,871,000 -50,507,000 133,160,000 251,278,000 130,707,000 -106,950,000 127,722,000 311,946,000 96,255,000 -88,245,000 173,500,000 244,880,000 118,284,000 -105,418,000 81,459,000 282,547,000 118,205,000 -50,334,000 58,517,000 288,199,000 86,105,000 -49,850,000 85,262,000 194,116,000 75,889,000 -53,454,000 63,910,000       116,101,000   99,747,000 59,465,000 26,877,000 19,801,000 74,335,000   142,075,000 128,753,000 90,398,000 -3,661,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                               
          proceeds from maturities of short-term investments
        7,462,000 3,718,000 4,386,000 18,169,000 15,777,000 19,684,000                                                                                  
          proceeds from sales of short-term investments
          8,395,000 126,794,000 5,604,000 16,411,000                                                                                  
          purchases of short-term investments
        -9,400,000 -4,503,000 -18,150,000 -10,289,000 -37,269,000 -39,640,000 -31,320,000 -40,249,000 -25,612,000 -28,622,000 -33,719,000 -39,909,000 -28,829,000 -23,915,000 -28,172,000 -27,948,000 -17,210,000 -15,650,000                -17,612,000 -43,304,000 -58,844,000 -35,338,000 -42,496,000 -47,137,000 -44,146,000 -34,933,000 -53,500,000 -30,658,000 -26,317,000 -128,427,000         -18,179,000 -34,774,000 -43,176,000 -25,478,000 -23,957,000 -33,951,000 -77,816,000 -73,110,000 -58,638,000                     -155,529,000 
          purchases of strategic investments
        -380,000 -401,000 -14,000 -718,000 -80,000 -3,288,000 -53,000 -380,000 -38,000 -822,000                                                                              
          purchases of property and equipment
        -54,198,000 -35,320,000 -34,546,000 -38,605,000 -55,588,000 -40,715,000 -4,389,000 -40,009,000 -38,372,000 -40,391,000 -53,098,000 -45,152,000 -47,868,000 -43,500,000 -33,655,000 -35,567,000 -25,616,000 -41,751,000 -26,807,000 -22,897,000 -16,281,000 -27,779,000 -34,483,000 -39,571,000 -26,058,000 -54,605,000 -75,771,000 -53,396,000 -39,955,000 -29,007,000 -28,507,000 -21,857,000 -20,296,000 -28,316,000 -20,101,000 -19,032,000 -13,017,000 -18,178,000 -18,660,000 -19,349,000 -13,563,000 -15,337,000 -19,257,000 -23,729,000 -24,372,000 -19,607,000 -45,190,000 -28,184,000 -15,548,000 -14,353,000 -17,835,000 -18,198,000 -15,446,000 -13,980,000 -21,473,000 -13,133,000 -8,569,000 -11,016,000 -14,509,000 -22,236,000 -10,383,000 -10,217,000 -11,630,000 -13,800,000 -5,756,000 -8,037,000                     -14,980,000 
          proceeds from sale of building
                                                                                             
          proceeds from business divestiture, net of cash divested
           72,464,000 46,274,000 23,808,000                                                                                  
          net cash from investing activities
        -52,860,000 -36,506,000 564,417,000 -16,499,683,000 75,977,000 -21,980,000 1,442,992,000 -53,793,000 -111,789,000 -54,397,000 -300,548,000 -53,841,000 -91,465,000 -36,247,000 -41,295,000 -345,313,000 -117,990,000 -68,025,000 -163,158,000 -265,122,000 -17,290,000 -103,460,000 -35,493,000 -88,192,000 -103,175,000 -133,558,000 -117,635,000 -51,965,000 -36,533,000 -29,744,000 -37,615,000 -26,112,000 -54,780,000 -625,018,000 55,717,000 -26,544,000 -15,666,000 -202,789,000 -17,056,000 -46,922,000 -49,216,000 -29,481,000 -225,893,000 -149,466,000 -43,339,000 -140,931,000 -67,153,000 -37,660,000 -383,073,000 -9,364,000 -17,996,000 -19,092,000 -14,186,000 -14,805,000 -408,138,000 -33,286,000 -436,185,000 -1,514,000 -49,734,000 -27,666,000 7,160,000 -18,579,000 -213,903,000 64,343,000 -76,013,000 -13,160,000                     -47,720,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                               
          proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs
          4,294,876,000                                                                                    
          repayment of debt
        -11,059,000 -3,451,310,000 -861,058,000 -1,290,000 -1,289,000 -1,304,000 -1,303,000 -1,309,000 -1,294,000 -900,000 -75,938,000 -6,424,000 -8,443,000 -7,500,000 -5,694,000 -4,661,000 -105,781,000 -174,687,000 -3,750,000 -3,751,000 -153,750,000 -253,750,000 -112,812,000 -157,813,000 -67,813,000 -47,812,000 -21,875,000 -341,875,000 -1,875,000 -1,875,000 -35,000,000 -72,500,000 -97,500,000 -7,500,000 -7,500,000 -57,501,000 -167,500,000 -82,701,000 -22,723,000 -7,729,000 -207,742,000 -7,749,000 -7,748,000 -7,737,000 -7,738,000 -7,618,000 -7,619,000                                  
          issuances of common stock
        103,394,000 12,742,000 90,317,000 19,793,000 103,891,000 14,417,000 89,064,000 28,037,000 105,628,000 9,483,000 88,145,000 32,033,000 110,470,000 22,338,000 76,540,000 40,706,000 89,875,000 30,835,000 96,743,000 10,773,000 88,111,000 15,092,000 74,166,000 24,876,000 83,379,000 14,982,000 49,010,000 24,002,000 76,994,000 6,358,000 51,107,000 13,747,000 46,489,000 12,486,000 47,619,000 16,464,000 55,049,000 7,205,000 81,117,000 7,383,000 40,508,000 -3,725,000 28,490,000 2,408,000 43,464,000 10,542,000 36,747,000 -7,990,000 31,745,000 21,581,000 41,385,000 15,336,000 59,578,000 15,615,000 47,340,000 17,376,000 70,074,000 41,106,000 42,354,000 10,983,000 56,379,000 52,464,000 58,088,000 14,031,000 65,077,000 8,133,000 43,681,000 1,585,000 25,500,000 1,152,000 19,651,000 24,852,000 12,097,000 21,413,000 48,657,000 81,583,000 26,427,000 4,711,000 27,995,000 10,433,000 24,194,000 7,213,000 14,940,000 2,268,000 23,896,000 31,861,000 86,135,000 
          payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards
        -73,287,000 -144,597,000 -62,710,000 -75,919,000 -41,906,000 -124,966,000 -58,970,000 -65,994,000 -65,247,000 -147,330,000 -42,439,000 -82,131,000 -24,743,000 -92,095,000 -24,875,000 -48,004,000 -4,341,000 -96,785,000 -34,659,000 -49,627,000 -5,073,000 -49,591,000 -15,240,000 -49,880,000 -2,863,000 -14,242,000 -4,834,000 -39,136,000 -2,580,000 -10,593,000 -3,136,000 -30,753,000 -1,636,000 -10,247,000 -1,354,000 -27,318,000 -1,171,000 -6,887,000                                                  
          common stock issuance for private placement
        2,000,000,000                                                                                      
          purchase of equity forward contract
                  -45,000,000    -40,000,000   -50,000,000   -20,000,000       -20,000,000   -20,000,000  -5,000,000 20,000,000 -40,000,000   -36,000,000            -20,000,000                              
          purchases of treasury stock
                  -300,000,000 -300,000,000 -300,000,000 -260,724,000 -382,734,000 -217,266,000 -290,000,000 -210,000,000 -214,999,000 -140,000,000 -195,211,000 -202,871,000 -42,078,000 -20,000,000 -100,000,000 -80,000,000 -120,000,000 -100,000,000 -80,000,000 -29,185,000 -33,000,000 -132,000,000 -55,000,000 -180,000,000 -80,000,000 -120,000,000 -100,000,000 -80,000,000 -100,000,000 -120,000,000 -20,000,000 -160,000,000 -80,000,000 -36,000,000 -144,000,000 -40,000,000 -25,000,000 -54,747,000 -75,017,000 -35,001,000   -20,000,000 -20,000,000 -66,851,000 -100,000,000 -169,988,000 -64,997,000 -59,442,000 -75,000,000 -25,000,000 -25,257,000                     -160,937,000 
          redemption of redeemable non-controlling interest
          -30,000,000                                                                                  
          net cash from financing activities
        -280,952,000 -1,583,165,000 -835,851,000 4,236,997,000 10,096,449,000 -141,838,000 30,094,000 -56,811,000 32,570,000 -187,150,000 -254,294,000 -351,407,000 -214,395,000 -376,775,000 -291,069,000 -266,168,000 -164,466,000 -394,597,000 -159,339,000 -225,672,000 -70,673,000 -293,064,000 10,870,000 -130,785,000 -114,171,000 93,480,000 -59,575,000 -264,747,000 -275,656,000 38,086,000 -104,207,000 -83,060,000 -37,959,000 230,364,000   50,962,000 15,877,000 -101,316,000 -86,854,000 63,488,000 -182,255,000 -75,444,000 -5,092,000 -39,339,000 57,805,000 -11,031,000 -220,034,000 198,401,000 -41,025,000 -45,755,000 -31,270,000 15,457,000 -36,417,000 38,765,000 -93,413,000 298,111,000 25,000 -57,868,000 -92,299,000 -114,264,000 -13,188,000 -1,437,000 -63,232,000 39,475,000 -17,868,000 41,871,000 1,913,000 25,008,000 660,000    -37,982,000 -14,667,000 63,513,000           -74,802,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        -12,679,000 3,432,000 -6,753,000 463,000 17,862,000 -9,676,000 3,339,000 3,035,000 -6,897,000 9,320,000 -17,976,000 -12,711,000 -7,967,000 35,675,000 -27,141,000 -18,200,000 -18,235,000 -1,720,000 -616,000 -3,472,000 -3,544,000 10,001,000 8,454,000 13,124,000 -6,437,000 2,013,000 -2,193,000 1,882,000 -1,789,000 4,882,000                                                          
          net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        282,443,000 -759,407,000 361,551,000 -11,591,263,000 10,465,653,000 -240,949,000 2,039,243,000 347,842,000 390,474,000 -320,017,000 -246,757,000 141,563,000 389,113,000 -262,596,000 34,000,000 -189,987,000 449,266,000 -308,598,000 47,446,000 -72,499,000 434,831,000 -212,565,000 185,982,000 193,570,000 156,136,000 -28,245,000 41,846,000 55,633,000 38,842,000 -130,795,000                                                          
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of year
        2,893,721,000        1,441,187,000 1,419,864,000 1,435,183,000 1,237,970,000 730,527,000                                                              
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period
        282,443,000 2,134,314,000        1,121,170,000  141,563,000 389,113,000 1,157,268,000  -189,987,000 449,266,000 1,126,585,000  -72,499,000 434,831,000 1,025,405,000  193,570,000 156,136,000 702,282,000  55,633,000 38,842,000 594,206,000                                                          
          gain on divestitures, net of transaction costs
                                                                                               
          proceeds from sales of strategic investments
          96,000    55,696,000                                                                              
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
             -17,390,000 -71,730,000 -67,827,000 -246,368,000 -10,000,000                                                                            
          proceeds from business divestitures, net of cash divested
                                                                                               
          capitalization of software development costs
                  -957,000 -623,000 -624,000 -523,000 -905,000 -571,000 -494,000 -459,000 -253,000 -253,000 -1,011,000 -1,010,000 -905,000 -1,065,000 -1,065,000 -2,014,000 -754,000 -754,000 -737,000 -236,000 -954,000 -953,000 -807,000 -96,000 -1,064,000 -1,033,000 -1,033,000 -1,172,000 -986,000 -1,053,000 -920,000 -884,000 -933,000 -956,000 -909,000 -826,000 -937,000 -973,000 -902,000 -928,000 -894,000 -962,000 -825,000 -994,000 -769,000 -804,000 -735,000 -616,000 -757,000 -799,000 -713,000 -736,000 -706,000 -690,000 -720,000                     -685,000 
          payment of bridge financing and term loan costs
              -17,550,000                                                                                
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of year, including cash from discontinued operations
          3,898,729,000                                                                                
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of year, including cash from discontinued operations
                                                                                               
          less: cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash from discontinued operations
               10,996,000                                                                                
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash from continuing operations
          361,551,000 -11,591,263,000 10,465,653,000 3,657,780,000  336,846,000                                                                                
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                                                                                               
          cash paid for income taxes during the year:
                                                                                               
          interest payments during the year:
                                                                                               
          non-cash activities:
                                                                                               
          issuance of common stock for the acquisition of ansys
                                                                                               
          fair value of replacement equity awards in connection with the acquisition of ansys
                                                                                               
          purchase of property and equipment included in accounts payable
                                                                                               
          conversion of notes receivable to non-marketable equity securities
                                                                                               
          contingent consideration receivable in connection with divestiture
                                                                                               
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period, including cash from discontinued operations
           -11,591,263,000 10,465,653,000 3,657,780,000  347,842,000                                                                                
          gain on sale of strategic investments
              -55,077,000                                                                              
          proceeds from maturities and sales of short-term investments
              40,496,000                                                                                 
          other non-cash
               -1,123,000 -1,821,000 -786,000 4,646,000 3,677,000 437,000 4,535,000 4,047,000 -103,000 1,758,000 4,486,000 11,766,000 3,337,000 2,958,000 -3,359,000                                                                  
          net changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquired assets and assumed liabilities:
                                                                                               
          proceeds from sales and maturities of short-term investments
                38,600,000 24,559,000 26,296,000 36,422,000 36,746,000 30,971,000 22,849,000 27,194,000 27,216,000 16,437,000 11,722,000            12,449,000 165,104,000 36,017,000 57,228,000 37,284,000 45,272,000 35,508,000 35,081,000 40,489,000 61,018,000 30,434,000 9,709,000 8,012,000         132,093,000 34,039,000 32,970,000 40,365,000 44,599,000 19,049,000 195,562,000 163,474,000 131,288,000 57,362,000 66,715,000 100,953,000 58,994,000 64,047,000 93,616,000 268,658,000 150,523,000 95,816,000 48,222,000 65,129,000   51,422,000 84,671,000 170,106,000 50,617,000 104,686,000 97,114,000 262,330,000 408,839,000 124,474,000 
          payment of bridge financing costs
                 -48,000,000                                                                              
          proceeds from sales of long-term investments
                  1,244,000 1,513,000 5,735,000 582,000        2,185,000         1,624,000 161,000     461,000 9,000   767,000                                   
          purchases of long-term investments
                     -2,000,000 -5,000,000    -262,000 -2,500,000     -2,916,000                                                       -1,000,000 
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of year
                                                                                               
          net changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquired assets and liabilities:
                                                                                               
          proceeds from credit facilities
                              -1,000 80,000,000 196,490,000 4,137,000 3,680,000 185,080,000      20,000,000                                                   
          cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                       -307,263,000 -89,071,000 -19,989,000 -131,964,000 -89,427,000 44,000 -74,670,000                                        -2,741,000                          
          cash flow from operating activities:
                                                                                               
          allowance for doubtful accounts
                           3,762,000 2,574,000 7,477,000 6,000,000 4,893,000 5,121,000 4,861,000 2,719,000 5,000,000 2,450,000 1,500,000 1,000 2,999,000 368,000 860,000 610,000 450,000 229,000 300,000 200,000 200,000 250,000 200,000 500,000 300,000 300,000 -500,000 -500,000 150,000 -400,000 -799,000 -1,182,000 2,083,000 2,781,000 521,000 -45,000 497,000 148,000 187,000 173,000 550,000 -48,000 -109,000 -385,000 -357,000 -274,000 12,000 1,233,000 1,490,000                  
          loss on sale of property and investments
                                 -308,000                                                            
          proceeds from sale of property and equipment
                                                                                             
          cash paid for acquisitions and intangible assets, net of cash acquired
                              -49,867,000 -75,790,000 -75,388,000     -5,956,000 -3,150,000 -35,193,000 -608,344,000 -71,578,000 -187,624,000 -13,956,000 -27,159,000 -18,941,000 -213,270,000 -124,580,000   -21,110,000 -5,548,000       -385,671,000 -19,890,000 -558,905,000 -5,623,000 -35,633,000 -1,862,000   -363,148,000 -6,809,000                        
          write-down of long-term investments
                                          1,300,000                         825,000 3,373,000 2,960,000           996,000 1,568,000 500,000 1,401,000 
          stock compensation
                                   39,452,000 36,914,000 38,460,000  37,252,000 32,965,000 32,323,000  28,301,000 25,562,000 25,834,000 25,540,000 25,571,000 23,459,000 23,013,000 22,937,000 22,599,000 20,283,000 20,581,000 21,099,000 21,400,000 18,823,000 18,118,000 17,792,000 16,490,000 15,529,000 17,700,000 17,336,000 17,225,000 20,605,000 16,248,000 14,984,000 13,516,000 12,667,000 15,247,000 14,774,000 14,514,000 13,466,000 17,234,000                      
          proceeds from sales of property and equipment
                                                                                              
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period
                                   725,001,000                                                          
          proceeds from credit facility
                                              125,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000 50,000,000 160,000,000 250,000,000                                       
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
                                      -7,260,000 -9,599,000 -5,782,000 11,555,000 29,000 3,080,000 5,345,000 -8,881,000 1,013,000 438,000 8,254,000 -6,296,000 -1,315,000 -2,871,000 -380,000 -18,469,000 -12,012,000 -1,023,000 1,449,000 -5,107,000 2,487,000 -1,364,000 -4,348,000 -7,357,000 3,056,000 -1,808,000 -3,445,000 -2,931,000 -233,000 5,384,000 4,036,000 -3,395,000 10,414,000 4,983,000 -2,166,000 1,322,000 3,343,000 3,877,000 -6,070,000 6,122,000 -1,841,000 2,542,000 5,759,000 1,645,000 2,339,000 144,000 666,000 3,472,000 172,000 326,000        
          net change in cash and cash equivalents
                                      -18,121,000 170,435,000 -35,091,000 -442,464,000 -106,630,000 163,661,000 163,616,000 -148,911,000 30,303,000 118,371,000 244,960,000 -253,202,000 -150,235,000 117,578,000 72,021,000 -188,938,000 82,716,000 81,413,000 -71,420,000 -129,388,000 130,071,000 211,352,000 130,653,000 -150,017,000 -263,385,000 167,173,000 -14,745,000 -43,738,000 -34,809,000 195,854,000 -6,580,000 -74,795,000 -108,034,000 214,010,000 42,941,000 -75,123,000 79,332,000                     
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
                                      1,048,356,000 976,620,000 836,188,000 985,762,000 1,022,441,000 700,382,000 855,077,000 775,407,000   701,613,000 577,632,000                  
          cash and cash equivalents, end of year
                                                                                               
          loss on sale of investments
                                       4,000 9,000 -1,000 -3,000 -5,000 -13,000 3,000 -87,000 -5,000 -5,000 -12,000 -461,000 -9,000                                        
          loss on sale of property and equipment
                                                                                              
          proceeds from credit facilities and term loan
                                       165,000,000 450,000,000                                                      
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                                       170,435,000 -35,091,000 605,892,000  163,661,000 163,616,000 827,709,000  118,371,000 244,960,000 582,986,000  117,578,000 72,021,000 796,824,000  81,413,000 -71,420,000 893,053,000  211,352,000 130,653,000 550,365,000  167,173,000 -14,745,000 811,339,000  195,854,000 -6,580,000 700,612,000  214,010,000 42,941,000 626,490,000  115,882,000 36,234,000 470,165,000 -29,400,000 146,834,000 428,055,000 -25,220,000 83,918,000 377,156,000  -25,214,000 -19,567,000 314,498,000  -23,175,000 -33,238,000 376,367,000 43,111,000 43,395,000 412,728,000 
          net cash provided used in financing activities
                                                                                               
          proceeds from credit facility and term loan
                                             150,000,000                                                 
          excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
                                               -4,733,000 -480,000 -440,000                                              
          acquisition of non-controlling interests
                                                          -44,004,000                                  
          accounts payable and other liabilities
                                                     -125,320,000  54,865,000 51,767,000 -134,902,000  49,381,000 54,638,000 -152,207,000  32,901,000 45,165,000 -93,556,000    -83,276,000    -73,497,000                      
          cash paid for intangible assets
                                                         -900,000                                      
          loss on sales of investments
                                                         -6,529,000                                      
          sales of long-term investments
                                                         6,791,000                                      
          principal payments on capital leases
                                                         -111,000 -162,000 -2,967,000 -375,000 -409,000 -1,075,000 -3,289,000 -807,000 -1,081,000 -36,000 -3,282,000 -655,000 -655,000 -83,000 -2,263,000 -602,000 -744,000                      
          gain on sale of investments
                                                              -301,000   -107,000 -779,000   -881,000 -694,000 -2,308,000 -112,000                      
          repayment of debts
                                                                                               
          repayment of acquired debt
                                                                                               
          in-process research and development
                                                                          1,200,000 400,000 600,000       800,000 5,700,000    
          payments on credit facilities
                                                                                               
          impairment of long-term investments
                                                                     908,000                          
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                                                                        1,621,000   2,544,000   -10,117,000 
          interest payments on capital leases during the year
                                                                                               
          other current assets
                                                                       -18,870,000                        
          payment on credit facility
                                                                                               
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
                                                                              579,327,000 330,759,000  404,436,000  346,709,000 524,308,000 
          accrued income taxes
                                                                        -6,729,000 -41,428,000       2,754,000           2,062,000   -22,220,000 
          cash paid for acquisitions
                                                                         -3,127,000                      
          (gain) on sale of land
                                                                                               
          proceeds from sale of land
                                                                                              
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                                                                               
          share-based compensation
                                                                           13,996,000 14,660,000 14,143,000 17,321,000 17,842,000 15,644,000 16,109,000 14,350,000 16,215,000            
          (gain) on sale of investments
                                                                                               
          net change in deferred gains and losses on cash flow hedges
                                                                           15,285,000 -984,000 3,648,000 -2,326,000 5,391,000 2,104,000 -1,329,000 1,684,000 1,306,000   -179,000 272,000        
          deferred compensation and other liabilities
                                                                             928,000  -38,000 1,018,000    509,000 -7,136,000 3,497,000 3,900,000    6,763,000    
          proceeds from sale of long-term investments
                                                                                            112,000   
          provision for doubtful accounts
                                                                                              
          gain on sale of land
                                                                                               
          gain on sale of short and long-term investments
                                                                                       14,000        
          other assets
                                                                              432,000   -170,000 270,000 217,000           -9,502,000 
          purchase of property and equipment
                                                                                               
          payments on lease obligations
                                                                                               
          purchases of common stock
                                                                                               
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                   46,397,000        29,658,000   -111,580,000 
          net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
                                                                                               
          net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
                                                                                               
          net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                               
          loss on sale of short and long-term investments
                                                                                200,000               
          net changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                               
          repurchases of common stock
                                                                                               
          net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                 -25,220,000              
          cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash received
                                                                                               
          amortization of premium (discount) on short-term investments
                                                                                   213,000            
          net cash provided by operating activities
                                                                                   56,065,000            
          write-down of long term investments
                                                                                               
          write-down of intangible assets
                                                                                               
          tax benefit associated with stock options
                                                                                               
          payments on credit facility
                                                                                               
          cash paid during the year for income taxes:
                                                                                               
          stock based compensation
                                                                                     15,602,000 13,903,000 18,430,000        
          provision for or (recovery) of doubtful accounts
                                                                                               
          loss on sale of short-term investments
                                                                                               
          income taxes receivable
                                                                                         -1,000 1,000 61,000 -1,000 22,143,000 653,000 
          proceeds from sale and maturities of short-term investments
                                                                                               
          sale of long-term investments
                                                                                               
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                               
          deferred taxes
                                                                                               
          provision for or recovery of doubtful accounts
                                                                                               
          gain on sale of short-term investments
                                                                                               
          net changes in operating assets and liabilities net of acquired assets and liabilities:
                                                                                               
          cash paid during the year for:
                                                                                               
          reduction in provision for doubtful accounts
                                                                                               
          net change in unrecognized gains and losses on foreign exchange and investments
                                                                                               
          gain on sale of short-and long-term investments
                                                                                         1,000      
          net changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions:
                                                                                               
          deferred compensation
                                                                                         1,804,000   211,000 1,924,000 8,918,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
                                                                                              -377,000 
          net change in unrecognized gains and losses on foreign exchange
                                                                                               
          net cash used in investing activities
                                                                                               
          net cash used in financing activities
                                                                                               
          provision for (reduction to) allowance for doubtful accounts
                                                                                               
          net change in unrecognized gains and losses on foreign exchange contracts
                                                                                              -3,633,000 
          gain on sale of short— and long-term investments
                                                                                           30,000    
          deferred rent
                                                                                              -44,000 
          net cash from in financing activities
                                                                                               
          provision for doubtful accounts and sales returns
                                                                                              2,000,000 
          gain on sale of short–and long-term investments
                                                                                              -37,000 
          write-down of land and property
                                                                                               
          gain on sale of long-term investments
                                                                                               
          write-down of goodwill and intangible assets
                                                                                               
          net change in unrealized gains and losses on foreign exchange contracts
                                                                                               
          non-cash gain on sale of silicon libraries
                                                                                               
          non-cash compensation expense
                                                                                               
          proceeds from sale of silicon libraries
                                                                                               
          intangible assets
                                                                                               
          principal payments on debt obligations
                                                                                               
          non-cash transactions:
                                                                                               
          issuance of stock and options in exchange for net assets of avant!
                                                                                               
          issuance of notes payable in co-design acquisition