FormFactor designs and manufactures probe systems, probe cards and quantum cryogenic tools that semiconductor companies use to validate chips from lab work to high-volume manufacturing.
FormFactor, Inc. designs and manufactures test and measurement equipment used by semiconductor companies to validate chips, from early laboratory experiments through high-volume manufacturing. Its products fall into three lines: probe systems, advanced wafer probe cards, and cryogenic tools for quantum computing. The company describes itself as the number-one supplier of advanced wafer probe cards.
Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Livermore, California, FormFactor has been building test and measurement equipment for more than three decades and operates facilities across Asia, Europe and North America. Its technology serves several end markets, among them AI processors, 5G and 6G communications, automotive systems and quantum computing.
The company's technical work spans semiconductor test and measurement, wafer probe technology, probe card engineering, cryogenic systems for quantum computing, and chip validation and characterisation. It describes its workforce as a team of engineers and problem-solvers, most of whom come from the semiconductor industry, working in a customer-focused culture oriented around accelerating innovation in electronics.
