Biostar
Biostar Microtech International Corp (Biostar; {{{1}}}) 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 テンプレート:TSE.
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.[1][2] Biostar has shifted from the SI/OEM market to the channel market with the portion of branded products closer to 100 percent.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5] 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.[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] 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.[9][10]
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).[11] Those cards are either called "V-Ranger" or "V-Series".[2]
Their mainboards, notably the "T-Power" and "T-Series", have been widely reviewed to be highly overclockable[12] achieving world record FSB overclocks.[13]
Products
- Biostar M5ALA ver2.0.jpg
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.[2]
See also
- List of companies of Taiwan
- ASRock
- Asus
- DFI
- Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS)
- EVGA Corporation
- Gigabyte Technology
- Micro-Star International (MSI)
References
- ↑ “Company Profile”. Biostar . 27 February 2015閲覧.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “Exclusive interview with Biostar’s Head of European Sales”. KitGuru. (2013年1月18日) . 27 February 2015閲覧.
- ↑ “Biostar: More profitable clone market helping sales”. DIGITIMES (2002年6月28日). 2002年7月3日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。 Template:Cite webの呼び出しエラー:引数 accessdate は必須です。
- ↑ “Biostar Announces to Join NVIDIA's First Tier Partnership of Visual Graphics Solutions”. HEXUS. (2005年9月27日) . 6 March 2015閲覧.
- ↑ “i875P Mainboard From Biostar: The First Ever Desktop Mainboard With WLAN Capabilities”. X-bit labs. (2003年3月22日) . 28 February 2015閲覧.
- ↑ “Biostar first to market with Phenom motherboard”. The Inquirer. (2007年6月26日) . 3 March 2015閲覧.
- ↑ “BIOSTAR awarded TOP20 Taiwan Global Brand in 2008”. Biostar (2009年10月4日). 2008年10月5日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。 Template:Cite webの呼び出しエラー:引数 accessdate は必須です。
- ↑ “2008 Top Taiwan Global Brands announced today”. Branding Taiwan (2008年10月23日). 2011年10月4日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。 Template:Cite webの呼び出しエラー:引数 accessdate は必須です。
- ↑ “Biostar Gaming Z97X - Price Comparison EU”. Skinflint (2015年3月2日). 2015年3月3日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。 Template:Cite webの呼び出しエラー:引数 accessdate は必須です。
- ↑ “Biostar Announces the GAMING Z97X and Z97W Motherboards”. TechPowerUp. (2015年2月6日) . 2 March 2015閲覧.
- ↑ “Biostar V-Ranger Assists 8600GTS Gain Highest 3DMark06 In Class”. overclock3d.net. (2007年8月19日) . 29 September 2009閲覧.
- ↑ “Biostar T5 XE cheap and powerful 5GHz+”. xtremesystems.org. (2009年9月10日) . 3 October 2009閲覧.
- ↑ “Biostar TPower I45 Set 725MHz FSB Record”. VR-ZONE (2008年6月25日). 2008年7月3日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。 Template:Cite webの呼び出しエラー:引数 accessdate は必須です。
External links
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- Companies based in New Taipei
- Computer hardware companies
- Electronics companies of Taiwan
- Graphics hardware companies
- Manufacturing companies established in 1986
- Motherboard companies
- Taiwanese brands
- Taiwanese companies established in 1986