FormFactor, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells probe cards, analytical probes, probe stations, thermal systems, cryogenic systems, and related services in the United States and internationally. The company offers probe cards to test various semiconductor device types, including systems on a chip products, mobile application processors, microprocessors, microcontrollers, and graphic processors, network and digital signal processing integrated circuits, radio frequency amplifiers, filters and antenna in package devices, analog, mixed signal, image sensors, electro-optical, DRAM memory, NAND flash memory, NOR flash memory, and quantum computer processor devices; and analytical probes, which are used for device characterization, electrical simulation model development, failure analysis, and prototype design debugging. It also offers probe stations for semiconductor design engineers to capture and analyze accurate data; thermal subsystems, which include thermal chucks and other test systems used in probe stations and other applications for precise temperature management; cryogenic systems, which includes the manufacture of precision cryogenic instruments and semiconductor test and measurement systems; and services and support, including installation services. In addition, the company provides on-site probe card maintenance and service training, seminars, and telephone support services. It markets and sells its products through direct sales force, manufacturers’ representatives, and distributors. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Livermore, California.
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