Formfactor, Inc. is a provider of test and measurement technologies for

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, with its headquarters in

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. It provides semiconductor companies with products to improve device performance and provide test and measurement technologies for integrated circuits.

History

FormFactor was founded in Elmsford, NY in 1993, and set up its first headquarters in Livermore, California in 1995. The company completed an

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(IPO) on the Nasdaq as FORM, in June 2003 with 6 million shares priced at $14. FormFactor released the first x64 DRAM

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in 2000, followed by the x128 DRAM probe card in 2002. The company shipped the first SmartMatrix full-

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probe cards in February 2009. In October 2012, FormFactor signed an agreement with Astria Semiconductors Holdings, Inc. for the acquisition of MicroProbe, Inc. for $100 million in cash and $16.8 million in stocks. In June 2016, FormFactor acquired

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for $352 million. In 2019, a second service center was opened in

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, France, to expand the companies existing center in

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, Germany. In October 2019, FormFactor acquired Germany-based FRT for $19,7 million. FRT Metrology business was acquired by Camtek in October 2023. In July 2020, Advantest Corporation's probe card assets were acquired by FormFactor for $35 million and in October, it acquired High Precision Devices, Inc. (HPD). An additional manufacturing facility was opened in Livermore in 2021, to expand the existing and provide an additional 90,000 square feet of facility.

Locations

FormFactor, Inc. is headquartered in Livermore, California with manufacturing facilities and offices in the

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and

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References

Companies based in Livermore, California 1993 establishments in California Semiconductor companies of the United States Companies listed on the Nasdaq 2003 initial public offerings