Power supply architecture system designer

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at a computing device including a design tool application, design parameters indicative of a plurality of power supply loads to be powered;
• grouping the plurality of power supply loads into load groups based at least in part on the design parameters;
• determining intermediate rail voltages based at least in part on the design parameters;
• determining, by the design tool application, a plurality of power supply architectures that may be used to provide power supply solutions satisfying the plurality of loads based on the load groups and intermediate rail voltages, each power supply architecture including at least one position requiring a component configured to satisfy a load requirement;
• and
• for each one of at least a subset of the plurality of power supply architectures, determining, based on the characteristics of the plurality of components, at least one component satisfying the corresponding load requirement for each position of the one of the power supply architectures;
• and
• generating at least one power supply design in accordance with the power supply architectures and the determined components.

A computer-readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions configured to cause a computing device to:

• receive information relating to a plurality of loads to be powered by a power supply;
• group the plurality of power supply loads into load groups based at least in part on the design parameters;
• determine intermediate rail voltages based at least in part on the design parameters;
• determine a plurality of power supply architectures that may be used to provide power supply solutions satisfying the plurality of loads based on the load groups and intermediate rail voltages, each power supply architecture including at least one position requiring a component configured to satisfy a load requirement;
• for each one of at least a subset of the plurality of power supply architectures, determine, based on the characteristics of the plurality of components, at least one component configured to satisfy the corresponding load requirement for each position of the one of the power supply architectures;
• and
• generate at least one power supply design in accordance with the power supply architectures and the determined components.