Native name | 映泰股份有限公司 |
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Company type | Public |
TWSE: 2399 | |
Industry |
Computer hardware Electronics |
Founded | 1986 |
Headquarters | New Taipei, Taiwan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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Products |
Barebone computers Desktops Expansion cards Graphics cards Headphones Home theater PCs Industrial PCs Motherboards Remote controls Server hardware Small form factor System-on-chip solutions [1] Thermal grease |
Revenue | NT$4.608 Billion / $147 Million ( 2013) [2] |
NT$54.6 Million / $1.7 Million ( 2013) [2] | |
NT$122.6 Million / $3.9 Million ( 2013) [2] | |
Number of employees | 553 ( 2014) [3] |
Website |
www |
Biostar Microtech International Corp. ( Chinese: 映泰股份有限公司; pinyin: Yìngtài Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a Taiwanese company which designs and manufactures computer hardware products such as motherboards, video cards, expansion cards, thermal grease, headphones, home theater PCs, remote controls, desktops, barebone computers, system-on-chip solutions and industrial PCs.
Awarded Taiwan's Top 20 Global Brand in 2008, Biostar, with an estimated brand value of US$46 million, was ranked No. 1 as the top motherboard brand for internet cafés in China. Biostar is an independent company listed on the main floor of Taiwan Stock Market, stock ID number TWSE: 2399.
The company was founded in 1986, manufacturing XT form factor mainboards and in later years add-on cards. In 1999 Biostar was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange & also certified ISO 9001 standard within the same year. [4] [5] Biostar has shifted from the SI/ OEM market to the channel market with the portion of branded products closer to 100 percent. [6]
On 1 August 2004, having already had a successful collaboration of Nvidia nForce based motherboards, Biostar announced it was to become a first tier partner with Nvidia of graphics solutions. [7]
Biostar was the first manufacturer to launch a motherboard with built-in Wireless LAN back in May 2003, the P4TCA, which is based on at the time Intel's flagship i875P “Canterwood” chipset. [8] Biostar introduced the first AM2/AM2+ motherboard in the world (TF560 A2+) in June 2007, which was able to host Socket AM2 Athlon 64 and AM2+ AMD Phenom processors. [9]
Biostar was awarded “Top 20 Taiwan Global Brand” in 2008 [10] conducted by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) with an estimate brand value of US$46 million. [11] Only three companies had a chance to crack the Top 20 list for the first time – and Biostar was among them. [12]
Biostar was also the first manufacturer in the world to launch a motherboard readily available with integrated USB 3.1 in February 2015, the Gaming Z97X, which is based on Intel's Z97 “Wildcat Point” chipset. [13] [14]
Biostar has the distinction of being the first to allow end-users to modify voltages and frequencies of the video card's GPU and memory to boost performance to extreme limits ( overclocking). [15] Those cards are either called "V-Ranger" or "V-Series". [5]
Their mainboards, notably the "T-Power" and "T-Series", have been widely reviewed to be highly overclockable [16] achieving world record FSB overclocks. [17]
It's an operating system, a premium 64 bit linux distro for cryptocurrency mining motherboard rig, it mines Monero, Ethereum, etc. it was developed in 2016. [18] [19]
Biostar is located in New Taipei City, Taiwan and is represented in many continents throughout the world through its 5 regional headquarters. [5]
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