Revenue

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

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Revenue

Disaggregated Revenue

The following table shows the percentage of revenue by product groups:

	2020		2019		2018
EDA	57	%	59	%	62	%
IP & System Integration	33	%	31	%	29	%
Software Integrity Products & Services	10	%	10	%	9	%
Other(1)	0	%	0	%	0	%
Total	100	%	100	%	100	%

⁽¹⁾  The percentage of revenue by Other is less than 1%.

Contract Balances

The contract assets indicated below are presented as prepaid and other current assets in the consolidated balance sheets. The contract assets are transferred to receivables when the rights to invoice and receive payment become unconditional. Unbilled receivables are presented as accounts receivable, net, in the consolidated balance sheets.

Contract balances are as follows:

	As of October 31,
	2020		2019
	(in thousands)
Contract assets	$	214,583	$	210,557
Unbilled receivables	$	50,932	$	38,175
Deferred revenue	$	1,493,113	$	1,302,578

During fiscal 2020, the Company recognized $1.1 billion of revenue that was included in the deferred revenue balance as of October 31, 2019. During fiscal 2019, the Company recognized $1.0 billion of revenue that was included in the deferred revenue balance as of October 31, 2018.

Contracted but unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied performance obligations were approximately $4.9 billion as of October 31, 2020, which includes $673.8 million in non-cancellable FSA commitments from customers where actual product selection and quantities of specific products or services are to be determined by customers at a later date. The Company has elected to exclude future sales-based royalty payments from the remaining performance obligations. Approximately 61% of the contracted but unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied performance obligations as of October 31, 2020, excluding non-cancellable FSA, are expected to be recognized over the next 12 months with the remainder recognized thereafter.

During fiscal 2020, the Company recognized $102.4 million from performance obligations satisfied from sales-based royalties earned during the periods. During fiscal 2019, the Company recognized $80.0 million from performance obligations satisfied from sales-based royalties earned during the periods.

Costs of Obtaining a Contract with Customer

The Company adopted ASC Subtopic 340-40, “Other Assets and Deferred Costs - Contracts with Customers (ASC 340-40)” on November 4, 2018, the beginning of fiscal year 2019, using the modified retrospective method. The comparative information for periods prior to fiscal year 2019 has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods. The incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer, which consist primarily of direct sales commissions earned upon execution of the contract, are required to be capitalized under ASC 340-40 and amortized over the estimated period of which the benefit is expected to be received. As direct sales commissions paid for renewals are commensurate with the amounts paid for initial contracts, the deferred incremental costs will be recognized over the contract term. Total capitalized direct commission costs as of October 31, 2020 were $81.3 million and are included in other assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Amortization of these assets was $61.2 million during fiscal 2020 and is included in sales and marketing expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Total capitalized direct commission costs as of October 31, 2019 were $86.4 million and are included in other assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Amortization of these assets was $62.8 million during fiscal 2019 and is included in sales and marketing expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.