News: Suppliers
10 July 2026
Aehr receives another follow-on production order from lead silicon photonics customer
Aehr Test Systems of Fremont, CA, USA — which provides solutions for testing, burning-in and stabilizing semiconductor devices in wafer-level, singulated die, and packaged-part form — has received an additional follow-on production order from its lead silicon photonics customer for a fully automated FOX-XP wafer-level burn-in (WLBI) system. The system will support high-volume production burn-in of silicon photonics devices used in AI optical interconnect and hyperscale data-center applications.
The order includes Aehr’s turnkey FOX-XP multi-wafer WLBI system configured to test up to nine 300mm wafers in parallel together with the fully automated FOX WaferPak AutoAligner, enabling automated, high-volume production burn-in with hands-free operation when integrated with an automated wafer handler.
The customer is developing advanced silicon photonics devices used in next-generation optical interconnects and optical I/O architectures for hyperscale AI and cloud data centers and advanced packaging of AI processors and high-performance computing (HPC) devices. These silicon photonics devices enable dramatically higher-bandwidth and lower-power communication between AI processors, memory, switches and networking equipment, addressing one of the industry's most significant bottlenecks as AI infrastructure continues to scale. Industry leaders across the AI ecosystem have increasingly identified silicon photonics and optical I/O as key enabling technologies for future AI clusters, rack-scale computing, and chip-to-chip communications to permanently replace copper interconnects that are approaching their practical performance and power limits.
This customer took delivery of its first FOX-XP with fully automated WaferPak Aligner production system in fiscal 2026. The system has now been installed and demonstrated fully automated, hands-free operation integrated with the customer’s automated wafer handling equipment and an automated guided vehicle for 300mm wafer FOUP movement. This represents an important production milestone as the customer ramps up manufacturing of its silicon photonics products.
“Demonstrating fully hands-free production operation with our integrated FOX-XP platform and automated wafer handling validates not only our technology but also our ability to support customers as they transition from engineering qualification into high-volume manufacturing,” says president & CEO Gayn Erickson.
“We are very pleased to receive this additional follow-on production order early in our new fiscal year,” he adds. “This order reflects the customer’s continued confidence in Aehr's FOX-XP platform and represents an encouraging start to fiscal 2027. As AI infrastructure evolves toward optical interconnects and optical I/O, we believe Aehr is well-positioned to support customers that require cost-effective, high-throughput WLBI and stabilization."
Demand for silicon photonics continues to accelerate as hyperscale AI infrastructure expands. Major technology companies and AI infrastructure providers are increasingly adopting optical interconnect technologies to overcome the bandwidth, latency and power limitations of traditional electrical interconnects. Industry forecasts anticipate significant growth in silicon photonics deployments over the coming years as optical communication moves closer to AI processors and ultimately onto processor packages through optical I/O architectures.
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