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.
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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 |
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.
History
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]
Products
ethOS
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]
Mainboard chipset
Biostar M5ALA Rev.2.0 ALi Aladdin V Chipset
Location
Biostar is located in New Taipei City, Taiwan and is represented in many continents throughout the world through its 5 regional headquarters.[5]
