Biostar
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Native name
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映泰股份有限公司 |
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| Traded as | : 2399 |
| Industry |
Computer hardware Electronics |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters | New Taipei City, Taiwan |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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| 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) |
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NT$54.6 Million / $1.7 Million (2013) |
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NT$122.6 Million / $3.9Million (2013) |
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Number of employees
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553 (2014) |
| Website | www |
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.
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 : 2399. Biostar caters to the entry-level through mainstream to high-end markets.
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 & 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 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 Athlon 64 and AM2+ AMD Phenom processors.
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