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$AEHR 's roughly $6M follow-on orders fund equipment that heats and electrically stresses finished AI processors to screen early failures.
The same customer has selected Sonoma for a second chip program. I expect successive designs to support repeat system sales and custom sockets that connect chips to the tester. The 2027 production ramp remains a customer forecast.
Watch shipments over the next six months, the equipment-versus-consumables revenue mix, margins, and wins beyond this customer.
- $AEHR received approximately $6 million in follow-on production orders from a lead hyperscale customer for Sonoma package-level burn-in systems for a next-generation AI processor.
- This is the customer's second AI processor program using Sonoma, with production expected to ramp in calendar 2027 and volumes projected to exceed the first processor.
- Sonoma's multi-zone thermal control and independent electrical test capabilities address power density and thermal challenges in advanced AI packages combining compute, memory, and interface components.
> $AEHR's second production win with the same hyperscale customer validates Sonoma's competitive positioning in AI processor burn-in testing, with volume growth through 2027 suggesting sustained demand for high-power package-level test solutions in data center AI infrastructure.