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BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of edge computing solutions, motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices, proudly concludes a highly successful COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2025 showcase. This year's campaign drew significant attention from global media, industry professionals, and tech fans, highlighting BIOSTAR's strong presence across edge AI platforms, industrial edge computing, and next-gen AI PC solutions

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BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of edge computing solutions, motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices, proudly concludes a highly successful COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2025 showcase. This year's campaign drew significant attention from global media, industry professionals, and tech fans, highlighting BIOSTAR's strong presence across edge AI platforms, industrial edge computing, and next-gen AI PC solutions. Credit: BIOSTARA major highlight of BIOSTAR's COMPUTEX 2025 campaign was the official debut of the EdgeComp series, a new generation of edge computing systems developed to meet the demands of modern industries. Drawing on over two decades of expertise in industrial motherboard manufacturing and deep experience on developing industrial computer systems, BIOSTAR's engineering team has built platforms that are purposefully designed for smart manufacturing, smart retail, and smart city applications.Credit: BIOSTARAmong the featured edge AI platforms, the EdgeComp B850MT-H1 demonstrated its capability to handle real-time AI recognition across more than 100 video channels simultaneously. The EdgeComp N97-MX3, equipped with the MemryX AI NPU, demonstrated real-time environmental safety monitoring applications, including construction site safety and wildfire detection scenarios. The EdgeComp AI-NONXS was demonstrated live performing three simultaneous edge AI tasks: multi-object vision recognition, body pose detection, and a locally-run SLM AI assistant. BIOSTAR showcased how seamlessly integrates leading-edge AI NPU solutions from NVIDIA, DEEPX, and MemryX to deliver reliable, high-performance edge AI computing.As AI continues to reshape the future of technology, BIOSTAR is strategically positioned to lead with its close partnerships with industry giants like Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA. This synergy allows BIOSTAR to fine-tune hardware and software integration at every level, ensuring optimized performance, stability, and adaptability across a wide range of edge AI workloads. From automation system integrators to digital signage specialists, HMI solution providers, and edge AI developers, BIOSTAR offers tailored solutions that meet the specific needs of each client, delivering not just products but full-stack platforms engineered for real-world applications.Among the notable EdgeComp systems unveiled at COMPUTEX, BIOSTAR introduced the ultra-compact EdgeComp MU-N150 and the robust 2U rackmount platform EdgeComp MW-B670, highlighting scalable edge computing solutions for space-constrained deployments and data-intensive industrial applications. From the EdgeComp MS-1335U and MS-X7433RE to the MS-J6412, BIOSTAR showcased a comprehensive range of EdgeComp embedded systems, tailored to meet the diverse demands of smart manufacturing, smart retail, and smart city applications.Credit: BIOSTARBIOSTAR also showcased the EdgeComp MS-N97 and EdgeComp MS-J6412 in a DIN-Rail demonstration setup—an industrial-friendly design tailored for factories and compact spaces, enabling wall-mounted installation via rail systems to optimize space utilization.Credit: BIOSTARIn addition, BIOSTAR showcased its reliable range of industrial motherboards, including the BIW88-AHS with ECC DRAM support and the versatile BIQ87-AHS which designed for industrial automation. BIOSTAR also introduced the first NVIDIA Jetson Orin edge AI developer kit, the AI-NONXS, compact SBC BITWL-N150, ERX93-AXP, and RASL-D5DE, purpose-built for EV charging solutions.On the consumer side, BIOSTAR's booth also drew significant attention with its showcase of custom-built PCs and cutting-edge components. Two standout modded systems wowed visitors, one built around the Z890 VALKYRIE motherboard in a high-performance showcase rig complete with a dedicated highlight video and another fully water-cooled ARGB build powered by the B850MT-E PRO motherboard and AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor. Running DDR5 memory at 8000MT/s, the system impressed with both looks and performance.BIOSTAR's consumer motherboard lineup at COMPUTEX 2025 featured a strong mix of Intel and AMD platforms designed for next-gen computing. On the Intel side, the Z890A-SILVER leads with support for Intel Core Ultra processors, PCIe 5.0 M.2, dual HDMI, DisplayPort, 2.5GbE LAN, and WiFi 7 module support. The B860M-SILVER and B860MT-E PRO offer mainstream flexibility with similar high-end features, including DDR5 support up to 256GB and 2.5GbE LAN. For AMD users, BIOSTAR showcased the industry's first B840 chipset motherboard, the B840MT-E, built for compact systems. The B850MT-E PRO and B850MT2-E DJ deliver high-speed connectivity, PCIe Gen5 or Gen4 M.2, and broad support for the Ryzen 9000/8000/7000 series, ideal for gaming and multimedia applications.Complementing its motherboard and system showcases, BIOSTAR revealed a strong lineup of consumer hardware designed for modern performance builds. The AMD Radeon™ RX 7000 series graphics cards were a major highlight, featuring the RX7900XTX, RX7900XTX, RX7800XT, RX7700XT, and RX7600OC, which deliver exceptional graphics performance for gaming, creation, and compute-intensive tasks. For storage, the spotlight was on the M800 PCIe Gen4x4 M.2 SSD, built for high-speed data access and efficient thermal control in compact, high-performance systems. BIOSTAR also showcased its GAMING X DDR5 memory modules, designed for next-gen platforms and featuring sleek heatspreaders and dynamic RGB lighting, which combine speed, stability, and style in a single package.Credit: BIOSTARLooking ahead, BIOSTAR is committed to driving innovation in the edge AI space, building on the momentum of its successful EdgeComp series. Through close collaborations with leading technology partners, including Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, DEEPX, MemryX, and others, BIOSTAR continues to develop next-generation edge AI platforms that are smarter, faster, and more adaptable to real-world applications. As global demand for AI-powered edge solutions accelerates, BIOSTAR stands ready to support its clients with advanced, reliable technologies rooted in decades of engineering expertise as a trusted edge computing partner.Connect with usWebsite https://www.biostar.com.tw LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/biostar Facebook www.facebook.com/BiostarHQ X https://twitter.com/BIOSTAR_Global Instagram www.instagram.com/biostarofficial YouTube www.youtube.com/user/BiostarTaiwan Availability http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/wheretobuy/index.php BIOSTAR VIP Care https://store.biostar.com.tw/customerABOUT BIOSTARBIOSTAR is a professional brand dedicated to the production of motherboards, graphics cards, computer peripherals, industrial PC, and AI computing solutions. Since its establishment in 1986, BIOSTAR has become a major supplier in the IT industry. In order to pursue the best quality and aesthetic design, BIOSTAR has invested heavily in ID design, global marketing as well as R&D. 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As climate change escalates and significant disasters arise more frequently, Taiwan's public safety concerns continue to grow. The gas explosion at the department store in Taichung in 2025 underscored the critical issue that the "golden rescue time" prior to the arrival of trained rescuers is frequently underutilized. During the second "2025 AI Wave: Taiwan Generative AI Applications Hackathon," the "Revenge Seekers" team identified a significant social issue and provided a unique AI-driven solution, ultimately securing victory in the "Resilient Future" category of Chunghwa Telecom."Revenge Seekers" wins Chunghwa Telecom's Resilient Future award with an AI-powered emergency assistant that helps save lives in disaster zones. Credit: CompanyIn response to the frequent occurrence of significant disasters in recent years, the "Revenge Seekers" team has developed an intelligent system that is designed to aid non-medical individuals during emergencies. The purpose of this system is to improve the disaster response capabilities of the entire population by leveraging technological advancements. The team conducted a comprehensive analysis of significant accidents, including the 2015 New Taipei water park dust explosion and the department store gas explosion in Taichung earlier this year, and identified three urgent issues at the disaster sites that required immediate attention.First, the general public lacks basic first aid knowledge, preventing them from effectively using the "golden rescue time" before medical personnel arrive. Secondly, the inability to record and classify casualty information on-site in real time leads to the inefficient deployment of following medical resources. Thirdly, the prompt distribution of casualties is challenging to understand, significantly affecting the overall decision-making and resource allocation of governmental agencies during rescue operations. These problems become even more severe in mass casualty events.The team developed "First Aid Master - Public Edition v2.0" to resolve the aforementioned pain points. This first aid assistance system integrates generative AI technology. It is capable of assisting individuals without a medical background in conducting preliminary triage of the injured and providing situational basic first aid guidance through an intuitive interface. The system will categorize the injured into four categories based on the current condition of the injured as entered by the user: red (immediate treatment), yellow (treatment can be postponed), green (minor injuries), and black (extremely low chance of survival). It will then provide corresponding first aid suggestions for each category in real time, such as stopping bleeding, maintaining airway patency, and performing CPR.Furthermore, the rescue efficiency and resource allocation accuracy can be significantly enhanced by the system's ability to autonomously generate injury records and zoning information for the reference of professional medical teams that arrive later."First Aid Master" is built on Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure and leverages multiple innovative technologies to enhance the stability and responsiveness of system operations. The team utilized AWS PartyRock, a no-code, generative AI application builder, in conjunction with large language models such as Amazon Nova Pro and Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet v2 as the primary AI engine. To enhance the professionalism and precision of answers, the team independently structured the emergency documents and developed a compact retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system.Amazon CloudFront delivers content with low latency through its content delivery network with secure HTTPS connections; Amazon Route 53 ensures reliable and efficient DNS routing, while Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides scalable compute capacity for the website and backend services. The open-source search engine OpenSearch retrieves first aid knowledge base information, and AWS WAF helps protect web applications and APIs from attacks. The system incorporates an AED map feature to help individuals quickly locate the nearest automatic external defibrillator, significantly improving rescue response time—critical for patients experiencing cardiac arrest."Revenge Seekers" distinguished itself within the Chunghwa Telecom "Resilient Future" group. The judges determined that this technology has the potential to provide immediate assistance at disaster sites and to function as an emergency education instrument during peacetime to disseminate first aid knowledge to the public. The system has substantial practical utility and can help Taiwan establish a robust civilian emergency network. Moreover, the system's real-time summary of patient information provides public departments with valuable insights for decision-making, which are expected to enhance the allocation of medical resources.

With the advancement of digital technology and the onset of the post-pandemic era, the human desire for emotional bonds has increased. The idol industry is experiencing substantial transformational challenges as fans grow discontented with unilateral idol worship and seek more interactive experiences. At the second "2025 AI Wave: Taiwan Generative AI Applications Hackathon," the "Disheveled in the Wind" team created an innovative solution merging physical dolls with AI technology, establishing a new paradigm for the idol economy, and won the Gamania Group Vyin AI's "AI Idol" category.Disheveled in the Wind wins "AI Idol" category with Aidol—an interactive AI companion that redefines emotional connection in fandom. Credit: CompanyThe "Disheveled in the Wind" team members are from Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University and National Central University. Their enthusiasm for the idol sector, combined with their robust technical expertise, led them to leverage generative AI technology to develop a sophisticated idol product capable of genuinely engaging with fans, addressing the market's need for emotional connection, and creating new value within the idol economy.Through comprehensive user research, the team discovered that most current idol products are unidirectional, showing a substantial lack of interactivity and genuine connection. Despite their profound devotion to their idols, fans are unable to establish authentic connections due to limited interactive resources. The user study findings reveal that fans are intrigued by the emotional depth, personality, and authenticity of their idols' voices. They anticipate receiving unique responses tailored to specific occasions, such as anniversaries and farewells, rather than mechanical, standardized interactions.In response, "Disheveled in the Wind" created an intelligent doll named "Aidol" that integrates interactive capabilities, vocal communication, and emotional memory functions. This device is advertised as an "AI idol that can accompany you" and has five primary purposes.The five key features include: first, the "share daily life" function, allowing users to upload photos to the cloud and receive feedback from idol about their lives; second, "personalized conversation memory," archiving previous interactions for a more authentic idol experience; third, "exclusive event reminder," automatically notifying users of birthdays, idol activities, and other important events; fourth, "multiple personality switching," offering various personality modes including energetic, gentle, dark, and comical; and fifth, "manual switch memory and interaction intensity," enabling users to regulate interaction pace and protect privacy. Through these features, "Aidol" delivers an unparalleled companionship experience while addressing the limitations of traditional idol products' one-way interactions.The technical architecture of Aidol is comprised of two components: cloud AI services and hardware.The doll features an integrated camera, microphone, speaker, sensor, and Bluetooth module that enable interaction through a mobile application. For cloud services and AI technology capabilities, the solution uses Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that makes high-performing foundation models, along with speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and natural language understanding services. The team also established a database of idol-exclusive quotes and catchphrases to enhance the naturalness of the interaction.The system's core employs Raspberry Pi to process sensors, networking, voice processing, and other modules, while also connecting to Gamania Group's API to access idol-exclusive sound resources. The prototype clip provided by the team in the competition clearly demonstrated the actual operation process of several activities such as shooting images, recalling discussions, and pushing events, and was well appreciated by the judges.This innovative idol product solution received widespread praise from the judges of Gamania Group Vyin AI's category. They commended the product for its comprehensive business plan and technically feasible implementation, noting its potential to create a unique companionship experience for fans while generating various revenue streams, including hardware sales, app subscriptions, and downloadable voice and appearance packages. Compared to existing market offerings, Aidol focuses on the emotional economy of idol fandom, demonstrates clear competitive advantages, and presents significant potential to become a major technological innovation in the idol industry.