Intel DH67BL Motherboard Teardown

Overview / Main Features

The Intel DH67BL is a micro ATX form PC motherboard that features the H67 Express Chipset solution. The DH67BL is designed to support Intel Core i7, i5 and i3 processors with up to 95W thermal design power and up to 32GB of system memory on DIMM expansions. The motherboard has support for integrated graphics support for CPUs with HDMI and DVI output as well as 10-channels of high definition audio via the Realtek ALC892 audio codec.

Intel DH67BL Motherboard Main Image

PC Manufacturers

Released

January 2011

Pricing and Availability

Pricing - The Intel DH67BL motherboard sells through retail channels for as low as $100

Availability - Global

Volume Estimations

For the purposes of this teardown analysis, we have applied a lifetime production volume of approximately 1M units.

As a reminder, teardown volume production assumptions are primarily used for our cost analysis in terms of amortized NRE and tooling costs, especially for custom components specific to the model being analyzed (mechanical components especially). Unless assumed volumes are different by an order of magnitude, minor changes in volume (say 1 million vs. 2) rarely have a large net effect on our final analysis because of this.

Intel DH67BL Motherboard Cost Analysis

Main Cost Drivers ~70% of Total Materials Cost

Intel - BD82H67SLJ49 - Platform Controller Hub - H67 Express Chipset, 65nm

Piotek Computer - 4-Layer - FR4, Lead-Free, Halogen-Free

Lotes - CPU Socket - LGA1155, w/ Bottom Plate, Hardware, Metal Lever Lock & Cover

Foxconn - Memory Socket - DIMM, DDR3, 1.5V (Qty:4)

Renesas - uPD720200 - USB Host Controller - 2-Port, USB 3.0

Chemi-Con - APSE2R5ELL821MF08S - Electrolytic Aluminum Conductive Polymer - 2.5V, 820uF, 105C, 20%, Low ESR (Qty:11)

Foxconn - Combo Jack - 2xUSB / RJ45, Stacked, Right Angle, w/ 2 LEDs, Integrated Magnetics & Metal Shielding

Alpha & Omega - AOI472A - MOSFET - N-Channel, 25V, 50A (Qty:10)

Chil Semiconductor - CHL8104-00CRT - Regulator - DC-DC Controller, Dual Output, 4+1-Phase, PWM, Buck, for GPU

Alpha & Omega - AON6418 - MOSFET - N-Channel, 30V, 36A (Qty:4)

Nuvoton - W83677HG-I - I/O Controller - Super I/O Device, w/ LPC Interface

Intel - WG82579V - Ethernet Controller - Single Port, Gigabit, 10/100/1000 BASE-T, 90nm

iTE - IT8892E - I/O Controller - PCI Bridge

Direct Materials + Manufacturing $76.17

What Is Not Included in our Cost Analysis

The total materials and manufacturing costs reported in this analysis reflect ONLY the direct materials cost (from component vendors and assorted EMS providers), AND manufacturing with basic test. Not included in this analysis are costs above and beyond the material manufacture of the core device itself - cost of intellectual property, royalties and licensing fees (those not already included into the per component price), software, software loading and test, shipping, logistics marketing and other channel costs including not only EMS provider and the OEM's margin, but that of other resellers. Our cost analysis is meant to focus on those costs incurred in the manufacture of the core device and exceptionally in some circumstances the packaging and literature as well.

Manufacturing Notes

Country of Origin / Volume Assumptions

Based on device markings, we've based our analysis with the final assembly in China. Furthermore, we have assumed that custom mechanicals (plastics, metals, etc.) were also sourced in China.

Country of origin assumptions relate directly to the associated cost of manufacturing, where calculated by iSuppli. In the cases of 'finished' sub-assemblies (such as Ethernet connectors), we do not calculate internal manufacturing costs, but rather assess the market price of the finished product in which case country of origin assumptions may or may not have a direct effect on pricing.

Remember also that labor rates are applied directly only to hand inserted components and systems in our bill of materials, and although regional assumptions do, these new rates do not have a direct effect on our modeled calculations of placement costs for automated SMD assembly lines. "Auto inserted components (such as SMT components) placement costs are calculated by an iSuppli algorithm which allocates a cost per component based on the size and pincount of the device. This calculation is affected by country or region of origin as well.

Design for Manufacturing / Device Complexity

The Intel DH67BL microATX motherboard has an overall component count of 1429 (excluding box contents). In comparison, the comparable H67 chipset motherboard from Gigabyte has an overall component count of 1713 which most of the differences made up in power supply related components.

Component counts have a direct bearing on the overall manufacturing cycle times and costs, and also can increase or decrease overall yields and re-work. Our calculations of manufacturing costs factor counts and more qualitative complexities in the design. The cost of manufacturing is also, to some extent, decreased in this case because of assumed labor rate applied for China.

Note that manual labor has a much smaller effect on auto-insertion assembly lines (for the Main PCB, for example), where manufacturing costs are much more capital equipment intensive and driven by these investment costs.

Intel DH67BL Motherboard - Box Contents