Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ:AEHR), a leading provider of test and burn-in solutions for semiconductor devices used in artificial intelligence (AI), data center, automotive, and industrial applications, today announced it has received an initial order from a major new customer that is a global leader in networking products and solutions and a major supplier to the data center optical transceiver market. The customer is developing advanced silicon photonics-based transceivers for data center networking and optical I/O applications to address the rapidly accelerating demand for high-speed fiber optic communication links in hyperscale AI and cloud data centers.

The order includes multiple systems for both engineering qualification and high-volume production, including a FOX-XP™ wafer-level burn-in (WLBI) system configured to test nine wafers in parallel, a fully integrated WaferPak™ Auto Aligner, multiple FOX-NP WLBI systems, and multiple full sets of FOX WaferPak full-wafer Contactors for production, engineering and new product introduction. The systems are scheduled to ship in Aehr's fiscal fourth quarter ending May 29, 2026. The customer has also provided Aehr with a forecast for additional systems, with follow-on orders possible as early as later this calendar year as it ramps capacity to support next generation hyperscale data center deployments.