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Reports on the views of some analysts regarding the future of Avanti Corp. after some of its employees received maximum sentence for stealing source code of Cadence Design Systems Incorporated. Avanti restitution to Cadence including interest; Alternative companies for Avanti customers who are avoiding Avanti after the court ruling; One major Avanti customer that will keep using the company's tools, according to a spokesman.

Reports on the settlement of Cadence Design Systems Inc.'s six-year-old lawsuit against Avanti Corp. and the company that acquired it, Synopsys Inc. Amount of the settlement; Origination of the dispute from Avanti's theft in the early 1990s of Cadence's place-and-route and database source code; Competitive threat posed by the Avanti-Synopsis merger to Cadence's position in the electronic design automation industry.

Presents news briefs related to the electronic industries in the United States as of September 1999. Appointment of Gary Larsen as chief executive officer of Circuit Semantics Inc.; Court ruling to reduce Cadence Design Systems' ability to claim punitive damages from Avanti Corp.; Factors that may lead to a delay in the transition to digital television.