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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

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

References

  1. “Company Profile”. Biostar. http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/about/history.php . 27 February 2015閲覧. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 “Exclusive interview with Biostar’s Head of European Sales”. KitGuru. (2013年1月18日). http://www.kitguru.net/channel/jules/exclusive-interview-with-biostars-head-of-european-sales/ . 27 February 2015閲覧. 
  3. 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。
  4. “Biostar Announces to Join NVIDIA's First Tier Partnership of Visual Graphics Solutions”. HEXUS. (2005年9月27日). http://hexus.net/tech/items/graphics/2711-biostar-announces-join-nvidias-first-tier-partnership-visual-graphics-solutions/ . 6 March 2015閲覧. 
  5. “i875P Mainboard From Biostar: The First Ever Desktop Mainboard With WLAN Capabilities”. X-bit labs. (2003年3月22日). http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mainboards/display/20030522153829.html . 28 February 2015閲覧. 
  6. “Biostar first to market with Phenom motherboard”. The Inquirer. (2007年6月26日). http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1017291/biostar-first-to-market-with-phenom-motherboard . 3 March 2015閲覧. 
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. 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。
  10. “Biostar Announces the GAMING Z97X and Z97W Motherboards”. TechPowerUp. (2015年2月6日). http://www.techpowerup.com/209640/biostar-announces-the-gaming-z97x-and-z97w-motherboards.html . 2 March 2015閲覧. 
  11. “Biostar V-Ranger Assists 8600GTS Gain Highest 3DMark06 In Class”. overclock3d.net. (2007年8月19日). http://www.overclock3d.net/news/gpu_displays/biostar_v-ranger_assists_8600gts_gain_highest_3dmark06_in_class/1 . 29 September 2009閲覧. 
  12. “Biostar T5 XE cheap and powerful 5GHz+”. xtremesystems.org. (2009年9月10日). http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?234169-Biostar-T5-XE-cheap-and-powerful-(5GHz-inside-D-) . 3 October 2009閲覧. 
  13. 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。

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