ANALYZING HARDWARE DESIGNS BASED ON COMPONENT RE-USE

摘要

A system for analyzing a design of a hardware device includes a database that stores business and technical information related to a plurality of components included in the design and a hardware design assistant coupled to the database and including a processor for automatically creating a bill of materials based on a computer-aided design assembly of the design and on the business and technical information. Another embodiment of a system for analyzing a design of a hardware device includes a processor and a computer readable storage medium that stores instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations including obtaining a computer-aided design assembly depicting the design and automatically creating a bill of materials based on the computer-aided design assembly, wherein the bill of materials lists in a hierarchical manner a plurality of components making up the design.