ENTITY · aehr
Aehr Test SystemsAEHR
United States·test equipment·niche·$3.6B mkt cap
Wafer-level burn-in test systems, used heavily for SiC devices.
CLEAR · 0–39
26/100 illustrative
Underwriting Thesis
CLEAR — Aehr Test Systems: criticality to DoD-exposed downstream programs compounded by sole-source / single-point-of-failure dominance in test equipment. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.
Factor Breakdown
Foreign-Origin Concentration3
Sole-Source Dependence54
Sanctions Exposure0
Downstream Criticality60
Sanctions Exposure
Entity not present on tracked screening lists (CSL).
DoD Exposure
No matched DoD semiconductor awards (USASpending) for this entity.
Shortest paths → DoD-exposed firms
- GlobalFoundries · 1 hop · $1.05BAehr Test Systems → GlobalFoundries
- Marvell Technology · 2 hops · $184.3MAehr Test Systems → TSMC → Marvell Technology
- Valens Semiconductor · 2 hops · $28.3MAehr Test Systems → TSMC → Valens Semiconductor
- Scale AI · 3 hops · $105.6MAehr Test Systems → TSMC → NVIDIA → Scale AI
Possible substitutes · same commodity buckets
Chokepoint Relationships
Key Suppliers · upstream · 0
No mapped upstream suppliers.
Key Customers · downstream · 7
- TSMCTaiwanCHOKEPOINT
- Samsung ElectronicsSouth KoreaALLIED
- IntelUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- SK hynixSouth KoreaALLIED
- Micron TechnologyUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- SMICChinaHostileADVERSARY
- GlobalFoundriesUnited StatesDOMESTIC