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Biostar Microtech International Corp.
Native name	映泰股份有限公司
Type	Public
Traded as	TWSE: 2399
Industry	Computer hardware Electronics
Founded	1986 (1986)
Headquarters	New Taipei, Taiwan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Mingyi Wang (CEO and Chairman) Mingzheng Wang (General Manager / Director)
Products	Barebone computers Desktops Expansion cards Graphics cards Headphones Home theater PCs Industrial PCs Motherboards Remote controls Server hardware Small form factor System-on-chip solutions[1] Thermal grease
Revenue	NT$4.608 Billion / $147 Million (2013)[2]
Operating income	NT$54.6 Million / $1.7 Million (2013)[2]
Net income	NT$122.6 Million / $3.9 Million (2013)[2]
Number of employees	553 (2014)[3]
Website	www.biostar.com.tw

Biostar Microtech International Corp. (Chinese: 映泰股份有限公司; pinyin: Yìngtài Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) 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 TWSE: 2399.

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]

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

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