Biostar
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Native name | 映泰股份有限公司 |
|---|---|
| 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 including 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.
History
[edit]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 and met the ISO 9001 standard.[4][5]
On 1 August 2004, having collaborated on Nvidia nForce based motherboards, Biostar became a partner with Nvidia of graphics solutions.[6] Biostar was awarded "Top 20 Taiwan Global Brand" in 2008[7] conducted by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) with an estimate brand value of US$46 million.[8]
Biostar allows end-users to modify voltages and frequencies of the video card's GPU and memory to boost performance to extreme limits (overclocking).[9] Those cards are called "V-Ranger" or "V-Series".[5]
Their mainboards, notably the "T-Power" and "T-Series", have been widely reviewed to be highly overclockable[10] achieving world record FSB overclocks.[11]
Products
[edit]ethOS
[edit]A 64-bit Linux distribution operating system for cryptocurrency mining motherboard rig, it mines Monero, Ethereum, etc., developed in 2016.[12][13]
Mainboard chipset
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Biostar M5ALA Rev.2.0 ALi Aladdin V Chipset
Location
[edit]Biostar is located in New Taipei City, Taiwan and has five regional headquarters around the world.[5]
See also
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- List of companies of Taiwan
- ASRock
- Asus
- DFI
- Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS)
- EVGA Corporation
- Gigabyte Technology
- Micro-Star International (MSI)
References
[edit]- ^ "Biostar Presents Its System-On-Chip Solutions". TechPowerUp. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b c "Exclusive interview with Biostar's Head of European Sales". KitGuru. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Biostar Announces to Join NVIDIA's First Tier Partnership of Visual Graphics Solutions". HEXUS. 27 September 2005. Retrieved 6 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 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.
- ^ "ethOS Mining OS". 2021-02-03. Archived from the original on 2021-02-03. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "Crypto Mining Guide". 2021-02-07. Archived from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
