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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Chris Tofts, Bristol, GB;
Richard Taylor, Bristol, GB;
Chris Tofts, Bristol, GB;
Richard Taylor, Bristol, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of system design and manufacture includes entering system details in a first user interface program, including in particular availability data. A transfer filedefining a spreadsheet including cells representing the system is created and transferred to a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet calculates both the availability and target availability of the components. The transfer file is arranged to define component count spreadsheet cells to permit user input to vary the numbers of at least some components of the system, and calculation cells to calculate the properties of the system for the component counts entered into the component count cells. The user can then adjust the spreadsheet to obtain a desired result, output the final configuration as output fileand pass the file to a manufacturing facilityto produce the designed system. The system designed and manufactured may be a computer system with many components.