Expanded Production Orders from Lead Silicon Carbide Customer, and Growing Engagement with Leading Automotive Suppliers Highlight Strengthening Silicon Carbide Market

FREMONT, CA / ACCESS Newswire / July 14, 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 more than $8 million in new silicon carbide wafer-level burn-in (WLBI) orders.

The orders include a significant follow-on order for additional FOX WaferPak™ full wafer Contactors from its lead silicon carbide production customer to support expanded manufacturing capacity for new electric vehicle platforms, particularly those serving the rapidly growing China electric vehicle market. The large WaferPak order reflects increased production activity and utilization at the customer, as demand for silicon carbide power devices continues to improve. In addition to these WaferPak orders, the customer indicated additional future capacity requirements beyond this order in Aehr's current fiscal year. Aehr also received a key order directly from one of the largest automotive companies in the world for multiple WaferPaks to be used in qualification of silicon carbide devices from suppliers for their new generation of electric vehicles using Aehr's FOX wafer level burn-in systems.