The answer is **$725 Million**. That money buys failure prevention. If a flaw survives to the manufacturing stage, the mistake burns billions. **Cadence Design Systems** sells the only software capable of simulating physics with the necessary precision. They don't sell a tool. They sell insurance against mathematical ruin. The economics are perverse. In functioning markets, competition drives down prices. Revenue fragments. Right now, Google, Amazon, Meta, and Tesla are all designing custom AI chips to break Nvidia’s stranglehold. They are spending billions.