Aehr Receives $1.2 Million Order for Multiple WaferPaks™ for Full-Wafer Production Test and Burn-in of Silicon Photonics De...
March 09 2021 - 07:30AM
Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ: AEHR), a worldwide
supplier of semiconductor test and reliability qualification
equipment, today announced it has received a $1.2 million order for
multiple WaferPak™ Contactors from one of its lead FOX-XP test and
burn-in system customers for their installed base of FOX
multi-wafer test systems. The orders are for increased volume of
production test of the customer’s silicon photonics devices for
data center-oriented fiber optic support. The WaferPaks are
expected to ship over the next quarter.
Gayn Erickson, President and CEO of Aehr Test
Systems, commented, “We are excited to receive this order for our
proprietary WaferPak contactors from this customer, one of the
world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers, and to see their
continuing ramp-up in production test volume. This customer
continues to look to Aehr to support their high-volume production
ramp in wafer-level burn-in capacity and to forecast significant
growth in shipments for silicon photonics devices that we expect to
drive the need for additional production test and burn-in capacity
for multiple years into the future.
“We continue to be very optimistic about the
silicon photonics and photonics sensors markets and believe they
will be significant growth drivers for Aehr. Market Research Engine
projects silicon photonics for data center and high-performance
computing to grow at a compounded rate of 26.8% from 2017 through
2024. The rapid growth of integrated optical devices in data
centers and data center interconnect infrastructure, mobile
devices, automotive applications, and now wearable biosensor
markets is driving substantially higher requirements for initial
quality and long-term reliability, and they are increasing with
every new product generation. We believe these new applications are
driving an entirely new level of quality and reliability
expectation for these systems and pose a significant long-term
growth opportunity for Aehr.”
The FOX-XP system, available with multiple
WaferPakTM Contactors (full wafer test) or multiple DiePakTM
Carriers (singulated die/module test) configurations, is capable of
functional test and burn-in/cycling of integrated devices such as
silicon carbide power devices, silicon photonics as well as other
optical devices, 2D and 3D sensors, flash memories, Gallium Nitride
(GaN), magnetic sensors, microcontrollers, and other leading-edge
ICs in either wafer formfactor, before they are assembled into
single or multi-die stacked packages, or in singulated die or
module formfactor.
About Aehr Test Systems
Headquartered in Fremont, California, Aehr Test Systems is a
worldwide provider of test systems for burning-in and testing
logic, optical and memory integrated circuits and has installed
over 2,500 systems worldwide. Increased quality and reliability
needs of the Automotive and Mobility integrated circuit markets are
driving additional test requirements, incremental capacity needs,
and new opportunities for Aehr Test products in package, wafer
level, and singulated die/module level test. Aehr Test has
developed and introduced several innovative products, including the
ABTSTM and FOX-PTM families of test and burn-in systems and FOX
WaferPakTM Aligner, FOX-XP WaferPak Contactor, FOX DiePak® Carrier
and FOX DiePak Loader. The ABTS system is used in production and
qualification testing of packaged parts for both lower power and
higher power logic devices as well as all common types of memory
devices. The FOX-XP and FOX-NP systems are full wafer contact and
singulated die/module test and burn-in systems used for burn-in and
functional test of complex devices, such as leading-edge memories,
digital signal processors, microprocessors, microcontrollers,
systems-on-a-chip, and integrated optical devices. The FOX-CP
system is a new low-cost single-wafer compact test and reliability
verification solution for logic, memory and photonic devices and
the newest addition to the FOX-P product family. The WaferPak
contactor contains a unique full wafer probe card capable of
testing wafers up to 300mm that enables IC manufacturers to perform
test and burn-in of full wafers on Aehr Test FOX systems. The
DiePak Carrier is a reusable, temporary package that enables IC
manufacturers to perform cost-effective final test and burn-in of
both bare die and modules. For more information, please visit Aehr
Test Systems’ website at www.aehr.com.
Safe Harbor Statement This press
release contains certain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking
statements generally relate to future events or Aehr’s future
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the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions
that concern Aehr’s expectations, strategy, priorities, plans, or
intentions. Forward-looking statements in this press release
include, but are not limited to, Aehr’s ability to generate
bookings and revenue increases in the future, including the second
half of fiscal 2021; future requirements and orders of Aehr’s new
and existing customers; bookings forecasted for proprietary
WaferPakTM and DiePak consumables across multiple market segments;
the temporary nature of customer pushouts; shipping timelines for
products and follow-on capacity orders; the growth of Aehr’s
systems and consumables, including as a percentage of total sales;
financial guidance for fiscal 2021, including related to revenue
and profitability; Aehr’s ability to expand its number of customers
using its FOX-PTM solutions; the ability to secure potential
customer engagements; expectations related to long-term demand for
Aehr’s productions and the attractiveness of key markets; the
belief that Aehr will be stronger after the current worldwide
COVID-19 pandemic, including expectations related to greater
production, more customers, more applications, and higher value
products. The forward-looking statements contained in this press
release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties,
including those more fully described in Aehr’s Form 10-K for fiscal
2020, Form 10-Q for the first fiscal quarter of fiscal 2021 and
other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Aehr disclaims any obligation to update
information contained in any forward-looking statement to reflect
events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press
release.
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Aehr Test Systems |
MKR Investor Relations Inc. |
Vernon Rogers |
Todd Kehrli or Jim Byers |
EVP of Sales & Marketing |
Analyst/Investor Contact |
(510) 623-9400 x215 |
(323) 468-2300 |
vrogers@aehr.com |
aehr@mkr-group.com |
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