Component
Laptop main board
Notebook logic board: PCB, memory, radios, power chip, and a processor. Windows laptops default to an x86 CPU; ARM is a swap.
Criticality
Critical
Unit cost
$90
Quality
88 / 100
US saturation
0.8
Made in US
200,000 units
Current demand
45,000,000 units
US exports
16,000 units
Opportunity score
78.8
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$3B
Expected extra output: 1,500,000 units per year
Requires
Printed circuit board
Processor
- x86 CPU (default)
- Application processor
Solder
Radio SoC
DRAM
NAND flash
Power-management IC