Biostar Microtech International Corp. () is a Taiwanese company which designs and manufactures

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products such as motherboards,

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s, expansion cards, thermal grease,

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s, remote controls, desktops,

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s, 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 iCafe 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 & also certified ISO 9001 standard within the same year. Biostar has shifted from the SI/

OEM An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is generally perceived as a company that produces non-aftermarket parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer. It is a common industry term recognized and used by many professional or ...

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

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nForce nForce is a motherboard chipset created by Nvidia originally for AMD Athlon and Duron, with later revisions also supporting contemporary Intel processors. The chipset shipped in 3 varieties; 220, 415, and 420. 22 ...

based motherboards, Biostar announced it was to become a first tier partner with

of graphics solutions. 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. Biostar introduced the first AM2/AM2+ motherboard in the world (TF560 A2+) in June 2007, which was able to host

Socket AM2 The Socket AM2, renamed from Socket M2 (to prevent using the same name as Cyrix MII processors), is a CPU socket designed by AMD for desktop processors, including the performance, mainstream and value segments. It was released on May 23, 2006, as ...

Athlon 64 The Athlon 64 is a ninth-generation, AMD64-architecture microprocessor produced by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), released on September 23, 2003. It is the third processor to bear the name ''Athlon'', and the immediate successor to the Athlon XP. T ...

and

AM2+ Socket AM2+ is a CPU socket, which is the immediate successor to Socket AM2 that is used by several AMD processors such as Athlon 64 X2. Socket AM2+ is a mid-migration from Socket AM2 to Socket AM3 and both AM2+ and AM2 socket CPUs and motherboard ...

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processors. Biostar was awarded “Top 20 Taiwan Global Brand” in 2008 conducted by

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(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 was also the first manufacturer in the world to launch a motherboard readily available with integrated

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in February 2015, the Gaming Z97X, which is based on Intel's Z97 “Wildcat Point” chipset. 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 In computing, overclocking is the practice of increasing the clock rate of a computer to exceed that certified by the manufacturer. Commonly, operating voltage is also increased to maintain a component's operational stability at accelerated spe ...

). 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.

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.

Mainboard chipset

File:Biostar M5ALA ver2.0.jpg, Biostar M5ALA Rev.2.0 ALi Aladdin V Chipset

Location

Biostar is located in

New Taipei City New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, b ...

, Taiwan and is represented in many continents throughout the world through its 5 regional headquarters.

References

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* {{Electronics industry in Taiwan Companies based in New Taipei Electronics companies of Taiwan Graphics hardware companies Manufacturing companies established in 1986 Motherboard companies Taiwanese brands Taiwanese companies established in 1986