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Biostar

Biostar Microtech International Corp. 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.

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 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

ethOS

A 64-bit Linux distribution operating system for cryptocurrency mining motherboard rig, it mines Monero, Ethereum, etc., developed in 2016.[12][13]

Mainboard chipset

Location

Biostar is located in New Taipei City, Taiwan and has five regional headquarters around the world.[5]

See also

External links

References

  1. Biostar Presents Its System-On-Chip Solutions TechPowerUp, 16 July 2014, retrieved 6 March 2015^
  2. Financial Statements For Biostar Microtech Intl Corp (2399) Bloomberg Business, retrieved 18 June 2011^
  3. No of Employees for Biostar Microtech Intl Corp (2399) Google Finance, retrieved 27 February 2015^
  4. Company Profile Biostar, retrieved 27 February 2015^
  5. Exclusive interview with Biostar’s Head of European Sales KitGuru, 18 January 2013, retrieved 27 February 2015^
  6. Biostar Announces to Join NVIDIA's First Tier Partnership of Visual Graphics Solutions HEXUS, 27 September 2005, retrieved 6 March 2015^
  7. BIOSTAR awarded TOP20 Taiwan Global Brand in 2008 Biostar, 4 October 2009^
  8. 2008 Top Taiwan Global Brands announced today Branding Taiwan, 23 October 2008^
  9. Biostar V-Ranger Assists 8600GTS Gain Highest 3DMark06 In Class overclock3d.net, 19 August 2007, retrieved 29 September 2009^
  10. Biostar T5 XE cheap and powerful 5GHz+ xtremesystems.org, 10 September 2009, retrieved 3 October 2009^
  11. Biostar TPower I45 Set 725MHz FSB Record VR-ZONE, 25 June 2008^
  12. ethOS Mining OS 2021-02-03, retrieved 2021-07-05^
  13. Crypto Mining Guide 2021-02-07, retrieved 2021-07-05^