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Native name | 映泰股份有限公司 |
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Type | Public |
Traded as | TWSE: 2399 |
Industry | Computer hardware Electronics |
Founded | 1986 (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] |
Operating income | NT$54.6 Million / $1.7 Million (2013)[2] |
Net income | NT$122.6 Million / $3.9Million (2013)[2] |
Number of employees | 553 (2014)[3] |
Website | www.biostar.com.tw |
Biostar Microtech International Corp (Biostar; 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 #1 as the top motherboard brand for iCafe in China.
Biostar is an independent company listed on the main floor of Taiwan Stock Market, stock ID number TWSE: 2399. Biostar caters to the entry-level through mainstream to high-end markets.
Contents
1 History
2 Products
3 Location
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
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.
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.[12][13]
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).[14] 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[15] achieving world record FSB overclocks.[16]
Products
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]
See also
- List of companies of Taiwan
- ASRock
- Asus
- DFI
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS)- EVGA Corporation
- Gigabyte Technology
Micro-Star International (MSI)
References
^ "Biostar Presents Its System-On-Chip Solutions". TechPowerUp. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ abc "Financial Statements For Biostar Microtech Intl Corp (2399)". Bloomberg Business. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "No of Employees for Biostar Microtech Intl Corp (2399)". Google Finance. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ "Company Profile". Biostar. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ abc "Exclusive interview with Biostar's Head of European Sales". KitGuru. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ "Biostar: More profitable clone market helping sales". DIGITIMES. 28 June 2002. Archived from the original on 3 July 2002.
^ "Biostar Announces to Join NVIDIA's First Tier Partnership of Visual Graphics Solutions". HEXUS. 27 September 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
^ "i875P Mainboard From Biostar: The First Ever Desktop Mainboard With WLAN Capabilities". X-bit labs. 22 March 2003. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "Biostar first to market with Phenom motherboard". The Inquirer. 26 June 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
^ "BIOSTAR awarded TOP20 Taiwan Global Brand in 2008". Biostar. 4 October 2009. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008.
^ "2008 Top Taiwan Global Brands announced today". Branding Taiwan. 23 October 2008. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011.
^ "Biostar Gaming Z97X - Price Comparison EU". Skinflint. 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015.
^ "Biostar Announces the GAMING Z97X and Z97W Motherboards". TechPowerUp. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
^ "Biostar V-Ranger Assists 8600GTS Gain Highest 3DMark06 In Class". overclock3d.net. 19 August 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
^ "Biostar T5 XE cheap and powerful 5GHz+". xtremesystems.org. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
^ "Biostar TPower I45 Set 725MHz FSB Record". VR-ZONE. 25 June 2008. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008.
External links
Official website