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Formation and Nature of Business
12 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2023
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Formation and Nature of Business Formation and Nature of Business
FormFactor, Inc. is a leading provider of essential test and measurement technologies along the full semiconductor product lifecycle - from characterization, modeling, reliability, and design de-bug, to qualification and production test. We provide a broad range of high-performance probe cards, analytical probes, probe stations, metrology systems, thermal systems, and cryogenic systems to both semiconductor companies and scientific institutions. Our products provide electrical information from a variety of semiconductor and electro-optical devices and integrated circuits from early research, through development, to high-volume production. Customers use our products and services to accelerate profitability by optimizing device performance, reducing scrap, and improving yields.

Design, development and manufacturing operations are located in Livermore, Carlsbad, and Baldwin Park, California; Beaverton, Oregon; Boulder, Colorado; and Woburn, Massachusetts, all in the United States; Munich and Thiendorf, Germany, and sales, service and support operations are located in the United States, Germany, France, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China and Singapore.

Fiscal Year
Our fiscal year ends on the last Saturday in December. The fiscal years ended on December 30, 2023, December 31, 2022 and December 25, 2021 consisted of 52 weeks, 53 weeks, and 52 weeks, respectively. The first three fiscal quarters in our fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 contained 13 weeks, and the fourth fiscal quarter contained 14 weeks.