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Aehr Test Systems Expands Silicon Photonics Production Momentum with Follow-On Production Order from Lead Customer
FREMONT, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR), a leading provider of test and burn-in solutions for semiconductor devices used in artificial intelligence (AI), silicon photonics, data center, automotive, and industrial ...
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FREMONT, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR), a leading provider of test and burn-in solutions for semiconductor devices used in artificial intelligence (AI), silicon photonics, data center, automotive, and industrial applications, today announced it has received a follow-on production order from its lead silicon photonics wafer-level burn-in (WLBI) customer for a fully automated FOX-XP® multi-wafer production burn-in system to support the continued expansion of the customer's manufacturing capacity for next-generation silicon photonic integrated circuits. The AI industry is rapidly transitioning from moving electrons to moving photons, driving a significant expansion in silicon photonics as hyperscale data centers seek higher bandwidth, lower latency, improved power efficiency, and greater scalability. As silicon photonic integrated circuits become increasingly critical to next-generation AI networking, optical switching, co-packaged optics, linear pluggable optics, and chip-to-chip optical I/O architectures, manufacturers are placing greater emphasis on production-scale reliability screening and WLBI to ensure long-term performance while improving manufacturing yields and reducing production costs. The ordered system is configured with nine independent WaferPak® test blades, each capable of delivering up to 3,500 watts of power for production burn-in and reliability screening of high-performance silicon photonic integrated circuits used in optical transceivers and emerging chip-to-chip optical I/O applications. The system also includes Aehr's fully integrated automated wafer-level handling solution, consisting of the FOX-XP multi-wafer production burn-in system, integrated WaferPak Auto Aligner™, robotic wafer handling, and automated wafer loading and unloading, providing a complete high-volume automated WLBI solution. The system is expected to ship during the first half of calendar 2027. Gayn Erickson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aehr Test Systems, commented: "This production order is another indication that silicon photonics is moving from technology adoption into manufacturing scale-up, and we believe that transition represents a significant long-term growth opportunity for Aehr. The order reflects our lead silicon photonics customer's continued expansion of manufacturing capacity and represents anothe...