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Shares of Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ: AEHR), a supplier of semiconductor test and reliability qualification equipment, were soaring today after the company announced a new production order from a major semiconductor customer. Aehr said today that it received an order from a major silicon carbide semiconductor customer for its WaferPak products and that shipments of the order will begin in the current quarter. Gayn Erickson, CEO of Aehr, said in a press release that the product purchase will be "for use in volume production of devices to meet the incredible demand for silicon carbide power semiconductors used in power conversion applications for electric vehicles."
FREMONT, Calif., March 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ: AEHR), a worldwide supplier of semiconductor test and reliability qualification equipment, today announced it has received an order from its second major silicon carbide semiconductor customer for production quantities of WaferPak™ full wafer Contactors to be used with previously ordered FOX-XP™ systems for test and burn-in of silicon carbide semiconductor wafers in their production facility. Shipments of these WaferP