Cadence buys chip design firm Tensilica for $380M March 11, 2013 1:58 PM Dean Takahashi Dean Takahashi Twitter Profile Recent Stories: Xbox One: Microsoft’s supergeeks reveal what’s inside the hardware With Call of Duty: Ghosts, Activision seeks to continue a video game franchise that defies gravity (preview) Activision goes all out in Call of Duty: Ghosts in the name of innovation (interview) Cadence widens its reach in chip design to Tensilica's 200 licensees.