Biostar

Biostar Microtech International Corp.

Native name	映泰股份有限公司
Type	Public
Traded as	TWSE: 2399
Industry	Computer hardware Electronics
Founded	1986
Headquarters	New Taipei City, Taiwan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Mingyi Wang (CEO and Chairman) Mingzheng Wang (General Manager / Director)
Products	Barebone Computers Desktops Expansion cards Graphics Cards Headphones Home Theater PC Industrial PCs Motherboards Remote Controls Server Hardware Small Form Factor System-On-Chip Solutions Thermal Grease
Revenue	NT$4.608 Billion / $147 Million (2013)
Operating income	NT$54.6 Million / $1.7 Million (2013)
Net income	NT$122.6 Million / $3.9Million (2013)
Number of employees	553 (2014)
Website	www.biostar.com.tw

Biostar Microtech International Corp (映泰股份有限公司) or commonly known as Biostar, is a motherboard manufacturer based in Taiwan, designing and manufacturing of 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.

Biostar was awarded “Top 20 Taiwan Global Brand” in October 2008 conducted by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) with an estimate brand value of US$46 million. Only three companies had a chance to crack the Top 20 list for the first time – and Biostar was among them.

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.

History

The company was founded in 1986, manufacturing XT form factor mainboards and in later years add-on cards. In 1999 Biostar were listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange & also certified ISO 9001 standard within the same year. Biostar has shifted from the SI/OEM market to the channel market with the portion of branded products closer to 100 percent.

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.

Biostar were 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. Biostar introduced the first motherboard in the world back in June 2007, the TF560 A2+, which was able to host Socket AM2 and AM2+ AMD Phenom processors. Biostar were 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.

To date, the company is 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). Those cards are either called "V-Ranger" or "V-Series".

Their mainboards, notably the "T-Power" and "T-Series", have been widely reviewed to be highly overclockable achieving world record FSB overclocks.

Location

Biostar is located in New Taipei City, Taiwan and is represented in many continents throughout the world through its 5 regional headquarters.

See also

• List of companies of Taiwan
• ASRock
• Asus
• DFI
• Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS)
• EVGA Corporation
• Gigabyte Technology
• Micro-Star International (MSI)

External links

• Biostar on Facebook