Fremont, CA (March 31, 2026) – Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ: AEHR), a leading provider of test and test solutions for semiconductor devices used in artificial intelligence (AI), data center, automotive and industrial applications, today announced that it has received the first order from a new customer that is a world leader in network products and solutions and a major supplier in the transcetical data center. The customer is developing silicon photonics-based transceivers for data center networks and optical I/O applications to address the urgent need for high-speed fiber optic communication links in hyperscale AI and cloud data centers.
The order includes many systems for engineering education and high-volume production, including the FOX-XP ™ wafer-level burn-in (WLBI) system configured to test nine wafers in parallel, the fully integrated WaferPak ™ Auto Aligner, multiple FOX-NP WLBI systems, and the full range of FOX WaferPak products for new engineering and product manufacturing. The systems are scheduled to be shipped in Aehr’s fourth fiscal quarter ending May 29, 2026. The customer also provided Aehr with an outlook for additional systems, with follow-on orders possible as soon as later this calendar year as it ramps up capacity to support the next generation of hyperscale data center deployments.
“Data infrastructure is rapidly evolving as AI infrastructure scales, driving a major shift from traditional copper connections to fiber optic communications to meet increasing demands for bandwidth, latency, signal integrity, thermal performance and energy efficiency,” said Gayn Erickson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aehr Test Systems. “Silicon photonics-based optical transceivers are an important technology that enables this change, and we believe that this order is particularly important because it comes from a new major customer that is a leading provider of networking products and solutions for the data center market.
“What makes this win so exciting is that the customer is buying systems for engineering qualifications and high productivity on the front, it shows the speed of the road that continues to support the construction of hyperscale data centers AI and cloud data. Aehr business of WLBI.
“We believe this qualifies Aehr to participate in what could be a significant multi-year growth in silicon photonics manufacturing driven by the growth of fiber optic connections in hyperscale AI data centers.”
As a data architecture to support AI, cloud computing, and high-performance networks, fiber optic communications offer many advantages over copper wiring, including higher data rates, lower power consumption, longer access, improved thermal performance, and reduced electrical interference. These advantages are driving the rapid adoption of silicon photonics transceivers across hyperscale and commercial data centers worldwide and increasing demand for low-cost, production-proven ignition solutions that can ensure equipment quality and long-term reliability in bulk.
Aehr is the market leader in WLBI for silicon photonics transceivers, with a large installed base in the world’s leading semiconductor and photonics companies. The Company’s FOX-XP platform enables high-performance, high-temperature, and high-power WLBI, allowing customers to identify failures before their lifetime proves while significantly reducing inspection costs.
“With our high-power FOX-XP configuration, which we began shipping last year, we offer the highest WLBI power output in the industry – up to 3,500 watts per panel,” Erickson added. “This proven system has been installed and is being produced at the world’s first supplier of silicon photonics supporting data center and optical I/O systems. In this case, we were able to demonstrate production-ready systems on our production floor that meet the customer’s performance and operational requirements. The decision to choose Aehr.”
About Aehr Test Systems
Headquartered in Fremont, California, Aehr Test Systems is a leading provider of test solutions for testing, burning, and stabilizing semiconductor devices at the wafer, singulated die, and packaged components levels, and has installed thousands of applications worldwide. Increasing quality, reliability, safety and security requirements of semiconductors used in many applications, including electric vehicles, electric vehicle charging equipment, solar and wind energy, computers, advanced artificial intelligence (AI) processors, data and communications equipment, and solid state memory and storage, drive increased testing requirements, new opportunities for the needs of the hours of A. Aehr has developed and produced several products new including FOX-PTM family of test and burn systems and the FOX WaferPakTM Algner, FOX WaferPak Contactor, FOX DiePak® Carrier and FOX DiePak Loader. The FOX-XP and FOX-NP systems are complete wafer and die/module testing and burning systems that can test, burn, and stabilize a variety of materials such as silicon carbide-based and other power semiconductors, 2D and 3D sensors used in mobile phones, tablets and other computer memory devices, memory devices. systems-on-a-chip, and photonics and integrated optical devices. The FOX-CP system is a low-cost solution with a single pipeline of logic analysis, memory and photo devices and a new addition to the FOX-P product family. The FOX WaferPak Contactor features a unique full-pipe contactor capable of testing wafers up to 300mm enabling IC manufacturers to test, heat and stabilize full pipes on FOX-P systems. The FOX DiePak Carrier allows the inspection, burning, and stabilization of empty devices and modules of up to 1024 devices per DiePak in FOX-NP and FOX-XP systems up to nine DiePaks at a time. Acquired through the acquisition of Incal Technology, Inc., Aehr’s new line of high-reliability components/hot-in test solutions for AI semiconductor manufacturers, including its Sonoma family of high-performance power solutions for AI accelerators, GPUs, and high-performance computing in the fastest growing market processors. reliability and testing from engineering to high volume production. For more information, please visit the Aehr Test Systems website at www.aehr.com.
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