
Shares of chip design firms Cadence Design Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CDNS) and Synopsys Inc (NASDAQ:SNPS) are rising Thursday after the U.S. Department of Commerce rescinded China export restrictions.
What Happened: Cadence Design and Synopsys announced in separate statements that the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Commerce Department informed the companies that export restrictions related to China that were put in place in May have been rescinded, effective immediately.