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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

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|ý                                                                  | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934    
|For the fiscal year ended December 29, 2007                       
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Commission file number: 000-50307

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FormFactor, Inc.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

|Delaware(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)                                        |  | 13-3711155(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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|7005 Southfront Road, Livermore, California 94551(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
|(925) 290-4000(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)                                           

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:Common Stock

Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:None

Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act. Yes ý    No o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act. Yes o    No ý

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days. Yes ý    No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be
contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to
this Form 10-K ý

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting
company. See definitions of "accelerated filer," "large accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act). Yes o    No ý

Aggregate market value of registrant's common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based upon the closing price of a share of the
registrant's common stock on June 30, 2007 as reported by NASDAQ Global Market on that date: $1,309,174,239. Shares of the registrant's common stock held by each officer and director and each
person who owns 5% or more of the outstanding common stock of the registrant have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not
necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

The
number of shares of the registrant's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding as of January 25, 2008 was 48,643,308 shares.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant's definitive Proxy Statement for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed within 120 days of the end of the
fiscal year ended December 29, 2007, are incorporated by reference in Part III hereof. Except with respect to information specifically incorporated by reference in this
Form 10-K, the Proxy Statement is not deemed to be filed as a part of this Form 10-K.



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FORMFACTOR, INC.        Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 29, 2007        Index



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|Item 1:                           |  | Business                                                                                                     |  | 3   
|Item 1A:                          |  | Risk Factors                                                                                                 |  | 11  
|Item 1B:                          |  | Unresolved Staff Comments                                                                                    |  | 27  
|Item 2:                           |  | Properties                                                                                                   |  | 27  
|Item 3:                           |  | Legal Proceedings                                                                                            |  | 28  
|Item 4:                           |  | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders                                                          |  | 30  
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|Item 5:                           |  | Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities |  | 31  
|Item 6:                           |  | Selected Financial Data                                                                                      |  | 33  
|Item 7:                           |  | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations                        |  | 34  
|Item 7A:                          |  | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk                                                   |  | 48  
|Item 8:                           |  | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data                                                                  |  | 49  
|Item 9:                           |  | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure                         |  | 50  
|Item 9A:                          |  | Controls and Procedures                                                                                      |  | 51  
|Item 9B:                          |  | Other Information                                                                                            |  | 52  
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|Item 10:                          |  | Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance                                                      |  | 53  
|Item 11:                          |  | Executive Compensation                                                                                       |  | 53  
|Item 12:                          |  | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters               |  | 53  
|Item 13:                          |  | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence                                    |  | 53  
|Item 14:                          |  | Principal Accounting Fees and Services                                                                       |  | 54  
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|Item 15:                          |  | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules                                                                   |  | 55  
|Signatures                        |  | 56                                                                                                          
|Consolidated Financial Statements |  | 58                                                                                                          

FormFactor,
the FormFactor logo and its product and technology names, including Harmony MicroSpring, MicroForce, MicroLign, TRE and TrueScale, are trademarks or registered trademarks of
FormFactor in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks, trade names or service marks appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are the property of their
respective owners.

Throughout
this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we refer to FormFactor, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries as "FormFactor," the "Company," "we," "us," and
"our". Our fiscal years end on the last Saturday in December. Our last three fiscal years ended on December 31, 2005, December 30, 2006 and December 29, 2007.

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NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
Securities Act of 1933, which are subject to risks, and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements include statements concerning, among other things, our business strategy (including anticipated
trends and developments in, and management plans for, our business and the markets in which we operate), financial results, operating results, revenues, gross margin, operating expenses, products,
projected costs and capital expenditures, research and development programs, sales and marketing initiatives and competition. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words,
such as "may," "might," "will," "could," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "intend" and "continue," the negative or plural of these words and other comparable
terminology. The forward-looking statements are based on information available to us as of the filing date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and our current expectations about
future events, which are inherently subject to change and involve risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update
any of these statements for any reason. Actual events or results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements due to various factors, including but not limited to the
matters discussed in the section entitled "Item 1A: Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this Form 10-K. You should carefully consider the numerous risks and uncertainties
described in such section.

PART I

Item 1:Business

We design, develop, manufacture, sell and support, precision high performance advanced semiconductor wafer probe cards. Semiconductor manufacturers use our wafer
probe cards to perform wafer sort and test on the semiconductor die, or chips, on the whole semiconductor wafer prior to singulation of the
wafer into individual chips. During wafer sort and test, a wafer probe card is mounted in a prober, which in turn is connected to a semiconductor tester. The wafer probe card is used as an interface
to connect electronically with and test individual chips on a wafer. Our wafer probe cards are used by our customers in the front end of the semiconductor manufacturing process, as are our parametric
or in-line probe cards. We introduced our first wafer probe card based on our MicroSpring® interconnect technology in 1995. We offer products and solutions that are custom
designed for semiconductor manufacturers' unique wafer designs and enable them to reduce their overall cost of test.

In
fiscal 2007, we benefited from semiconductor manufacturers' strong demand for our advanced wafer test products as global semiconductor device production increased. Overall, our
revenue grew for our products that address the dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, market, driven primarily by the continued ramp of 70 nanometer technology nodes at our DRAM customers, as well as
our customers' transition to one gigabit DDR2 devices. Additionally, applications such as mobile RAM and graphic RAM contributed to our DRAM revenue growth. Strong demand from existing customers
fueled both NOR and NAND flash growth. For Known Good Die, or KGD, devices, we saw higher adoption of our high-frequency test at probe product, or HFTAP, largely driven by the demand for
mobile devices, such as NOR, specialty NAND, mobile RAM and PSRAM for at-speed testing. Demand for our wafer level burn-in products grew as customers moved more
burn-in of their devices to the wafer level. Revenues for our products that address the logic market grew as a result of the new technology node transition for area array
flip-chip microprocessor products and the introduction of our new probe cards for higher parallelism probing of wire bond devices.

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Products

Our products are based on our proprietary technologies, including our MicroSpring interconnect technology and design tools. Our MicroSpring interconnect
technology, which includes resilient spring-like contact elements, enables us to produce wafer probe cards for applications that require reliability, speed, precision and signal integrity.
We manufacture our MicroSpring contact elements through precision micro-machining and scalable semiconductor-like wafer fabrication processes. Our MicroSpring contacts are springs that
optimize the relative amounts of force on, and across, a bond pad during the test process and maintain their shape and position over a range of compression. These characteristics allow us to achieve
reliable, electrical contact on either clean or oxidized surfaces, including bond pads on a wafer. MicroSpring contacts enable our wafer probe cards to make hundreds of thousands of touchdowns with
minimal maintenance for many device applications. The MicroSpring contact can be attached to many surfaces, or substrates, including printed circuit boards, silicon wafers, ceramics and various
metalized surfaces.

Since
its original conception, the MicroSpring contact has evolved into a library of spring shapes and technologies. Our designers use this library to design an optimized custom wafer
probe card for each customer-unique application. Since developing this fundamental technology, we have broadened and refined it to respond to the increasing requirements of testing smaller, faster and
more complex semiconductor devices. We continue to invest in research and development activities around our interconnect technologies, including our micro-electro-mechanical systems, or MEMS,
technology, as our MicroSpring contacts have scaled in size with the evolution of semiconductors.

Our
MicroSpring contacts include geometrically precise tip structures. These tip structures are the parts of our wafer probe cards that come into physical contact with the devices being
tested, and are manufactured using proprietary micro-machining semiconductor-like processes. These tip structures enable precise contact with small bond pad sizes and pitches. Our
technology allows for the design of specific geometries of the contact tip that deliver precise and predictable electrical contact for a customer's particular application.

Our
wafer probe cards are custom products that are designed to order for our customers' unique wafer designs. For high parallelism memory test applications, our products require large
area contact array sizes because they must accommodate tens of thousands of simultaneous contacts. Our current technology enables probe cards for certain applications to be populated with over 40,000
contacts. This requirement poses fundamental challenges that our technology addresses, including the planarity of the array, the force needed to make contact and the need to touch all bond pads with
equal accuracy. We have developed wafer probe cards that use array sizes ranging from 50 mm × 50 mm up to array sizes suitable for contacting all die on a 300 mm wafer simultaneously, in
combination with complex multi-layer printed circuit boards that we have designed.

We
have invested and intend to continue to invest considerable resources in our wafer probe card design tools and processes. These tools and processes enable automated routing and trace
length adjustment within our printed circuit boards and greatly enhance our ability to rapidly design and lay out complex printed circuit board structures. Our proprietary design tools also enable us
to design wafer probe cards particularly suited for testing today's low voltage, high power chips. Low voltage, high frequency chips require superior power supply performance. Our MicroSpring
interconnect technology is used to provide a very low inductance, low resistance electrical path between the power source and the chip under test.

In
2007, we achieved a number of milestones, including the introduction of our TrueScale probe cards for testing wire bond logic and system-on-chip devices for
mobile consumer and automotive applications, and the delivery of our first 300 mm, one touchdown wafer-level burn-in probe cards incorporating our proprietary "Harmony" architecture for
testing DRAM devices, which is capable of contacting approximately 40,000 test pads in one touchdown. TrueScale, which offers scalability down to

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a
40 micron pad pitch, addresses the limitations of conventional probing technology that cannot scale below 50 micron pad pitch at high parallelism. TrueScale is designed to increase semiconductor
manufacturers' throughput and lower test costs, while supporting their technology roadmap for smaller pad pitches. Our Harmony architecture addresses some of the significant challenges presented by
the future demands of single touchdown wafer probing and very high parallelism wafer test. We believe it will be a key building block for our future generations of large area array flash, DRAM, wafer
level burn-in and high frequency probing solutions.

Because
our customers typically use our wafer probe cards in a wide range of operating temperatures, as opposed to conducting wafer probe test at one predetermined temperature, we have
designed complex thermal compensation characteristics into our products. We select our wafer probe card materials after careful consideration of the potential range of test operating temperatures and
design our wafer probe cards to provide for a precise match with the thermal expansion characteristics of the wafer under test. As a result, our wafer probe cards generally are able to accurately
probe over a large range of operating temperatures. This feature enables our customers to use the same wafer probe card for both low and high temperature testing without a loss of performance. In
addition, for those testing situations that require positional accuracy at a specific temperature, we have designed wafer probe cards optimized for testing at such temperatures.

Our
many spring shapes, different geometrically-precise tip structures, various array sizes and diverse printed circuit board layouts enable a wide variety of solutions for our
customers. Our designers select the most appropriate of these elements, or modify or improve upon such existing elements, and integrate them with our other technologies to deliver a custom solution
optimized for the customer's requirements.

Customers

Our customers include manufacturers in the DRAM, flash and logic markets. Our customers use our wafer probe cards to test DRAM chips including DDR, DDR2, DDR3,
SDRAM, PSRAM, mobile DRAM, and Graphic DRAM, NOR and NAND flash memory chips, serial data devices, chipsets, microprocessors and microcontrollers.

Four
customers accounted for 63.0% of our revenues in fiscal 2007, three customers accounted for 47.3% in fiscal 2006, and four customers accounted for 72.8% of our revenues in fiscal
2005, as follows:

Fiscal
2007

Fiscal
2006

Fiscal
2005Elpida

26.2
%
22.7
%
22.7
%Spansion

14.4

*

*Powerchip

12.4

12.0

*Intel Corporation

10.0

12.6

11.8Spirox Corporation

*

*

23.0Samsung

*

*

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Information
concerning revenue by geographic region and by country based upon invoicing location appears under "Item 7: Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of OperationsRevenuesRevenue by Geographic Region" and Note 10 (Operating Segment and Geographic Information) to our consolidated financial statements,
which are included elsewhere in this 10-K.

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Backlog

Our backlog was $46.8 million at December 29, 2007 compared to $47.4 million at December 30, 2006. We manufacture our wafer probe
cards based on order backlog and customer commitments. In addition, due to our customers' short delivery time requirements, we at times produce our products in anticipation of demand for our products.
Backlog includes only orders for which written authorizations have been accepted, shipment dates within 12 months have been assigned and, or shipment has occurred but revenue has not been
recognized. In addition, backlog includes service revenue for existing product service agreements to be earned within the next 12 months. Customers may delay delivery of products or cancel
orders prior to shipment, subject to possible cancellation penalties. Due to possible changes in delivery schedules and cancellations of orders, our backlog on any particular date is not necessarily
indicative of actual sales for any succeeding period. Delays in delivery schedules and/or a reduction in backlog during any particular period could have a material adverse effect on our business and
results of operations.

Manufacturing

Our wafer probe cards are custom products that we design to order for our customers' unique wafer designs. We manufacture our products at our new facility located
in Livermore, California. We completed the transition to our new manufacturing facility in fiscal 2006. We also continued utilizing our old facility, which is also located in Livermore, for additional
manufacturing functions. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 we discontinued all manufacturing functions at our old facility. We have initiated the first phase of our company's current global
manufacturing plan to establish a new manufacturing facility in Singapore. Our current plan, portions of which we have delayed and are further evaluating, is to first expand our assembly and test and
back-end manufacturing processes in Singapore, and then expand our manufacturing capabilities in Singapore to include our front-end manufacturing processes.

Our
proprietary manufacturing processes include wirebonding, photolithography, plating and metallurgical processes, dry and electro-deposition, and complex interconnection system design.
The critical steps in our manufacturing process are performed in a Class 100 clean room environment. We also expend considerable resources on the assembly and test of our wafer probe cards and
on quality control.

We
depend upon suppliers for some critical components of our manufacturing processes, including ceramic substrates and complex printed circuit boards, and for materials used in our
manufacturing processes. Some of these components and materials are supplied by a single vendor. Generally, we rely on purchase orders rather than long-term contracts with our suppliers,
which subjects us to risks including price increases and component shortages. We continue to evaluate alternative sources of supply for these components and for materials.

We
maintain a repair and service capability in Livermore, California. We also provide repair and service capabilities in our service centers in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea;
Dresden, Germany; Yokohama City, Japan and Jubei City, Taiwan.

Research, Development and Engineering

The semiconductor industry is subject to rapid technological change and new product introductions and enhancements. We believe that our continued commitment to
research and development and our timely introduction of new and enhanced wafer probe test solutions and other technologies related to our MicroSpring interconnect technology are integral to
maintaining our competitive position. We continue to invest considerable time and resources in creating structured processes for undertaking, tracking and completing our development projects, and plan
to implement those developments into new product or technology offerings. We continue to allocate significant resources to these efforts and to

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use
automation and information technology to provide additional efficiencies in our research and development activities.

We
have historically devoted approximately 11% to 14% of our revenues to research and development programs. Research and development expenses were $61.0 million for fiscal 2007,
$46.6 million for fiscal 2006, and $28.3 million for fiscal 2005.

Our
research and development activities, including our product engineering activities, are directed by individuals with significant expertise and industry experience. As of
December 29, 2007, we had 218 employees in research and development.

Sales and Marketing

We sell our products utilizing a proprietary sales model that emphasizes the customer's total cost of ownership as it relates to the costs of test. With this
sales model, we strive to demonstrate how test costs can be reduced by simulating the customer's test floor environment, including testers and probers, utilizing our products and comparing the overall
cost of test to that of conventional wafer probe cards.

We
sell our products worldwide primarily through our direct sales force, a distributor and one independent sales representative. As of December 29, 2007, we had 21 sales
professionals. In North America, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan we sell our products through our direct sales force. In Europe, our local sales team works with one independent sales representative. In
China, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore, we sell through Spirox Corporation, our regional distributor. We also have the ability to sell our products direct to customers in these regions. In October
2005, we terminated our agreement with Spirox for the distribution of our products in Taiwan and transitioned to a direct sales model.

Our
marketing staff, located in Livermore, California, Jubei City, Taiwan and Tokyo, Japan, works closely with customers to understand their businesses, anticipate trends and define
products that will provide significant technical and economic advantages to our customers.

We
utilize a highly skilled team of field application engineers that support our customers as they integrate our products into their manufacturing processes. Through these customer
relationships, we develop a close understanding of customer and product requirements, thereby accelerating our customers' production ramps.

Environmental Matters

We are subject to U.S. federal, state and local, and foreign governmental laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, including those
governing the discharge of pollutants into the air and water, the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, the clean-up of contaminated sites and the maintenance of a
safe workplace. We believe that we comply in all material respects with the environmental laws and regulations that apply to us, including those of the California Department of Toxic Substances
Control, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the City of Livermore Water Resources Division and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health. In fiscal 2007, we received two
notices of violation from the City of Livermore regarding violation of certain applicable waste water discharge limits. For each notice received, we promptly investigated the violation, took
appropriate steps to address the cause of the violation and implemented corrective measures to prevent a recurrence. We have also implemented additional waste water treatment capability in
consultation with the City of Livermore. In addition, we
are discussing with the City of Livermore the purchase of additional waste water discharge capacity, which we require as a result of our increased manufacturing capacity.

While
we believe that we are in compliance in all material respects with the environmental laws and regulations that apply to us, in the future, we may receive additional environmental
violation notices, and if received, final resolution of the violations identified by these notices could harm our

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operations,
which may adversely impact our operating results and cash flows. New laws and regulations, stricter enforcement of existing laws and regulations, the discovery of previously unknown
contamination at our or others' sites or the imposition of new cleanup requirements could also harm our operations, thereby adversely impacting our operating results and cash flows.

Competition

The highly competitive wafer probe card market is comprised of many domestic and foreign companies, and has historically been fragmented with many local suppliers
servicing individual customers. Our current and potential competitors in the wafer probe card market include Advantest Corporation, AMST Co., Ltd., Cascade Microtech, Inc.,
Feinmetall GmbH, Korea Instrument Co., Ltd., Japan Electronic Materials Corporation, SV Probe, Inc., Micronics Japan Co., Ltd., Microfriend Inc., Technoprobe Asia
Pte. Ltd., MicroProbe, Inc., Phicom Corporation, Tokyo Cathode Laboratory Co., Ltd., Tokyo Electron Ltd., Touchdown Technologies, Inc., TSE Co., Ltd. and Wentworth Laboratories,
Inc., among others. In addition to the ability to address wafer probe card performance issues, the primary competitive factors in the industry in which we compete include product quality and
reliability, price, total cost of ownership, lead times, the ability to provide prompt and effective customer service, field applications support and timeliness of delivery.

Some
of our competitors are also suppliers of other types of test equipment or other semiconductor equipment, or offer both advanced wafer probe cards and needle probe cards, and may
have greater financial and other resources than we do. We expect that our competitors will enhance their current wafer probe products and that they may introduce new products that will be competitive
with our wafer probe cards. In addition, it is possible that new competitors, including test equipment manufacturers, may offer new technologies that reduce the value of our wafer probe cards.

Additionally,
semiconductor manufacturers may implement chip designs that include built-in self-test capabilities or similar functions or methodologies that
increase test throughput and eliminate some or all of our current competitive advantages. Our ability to compete favorably is also adversely affected by (1) low volume orders that do not meet
our present minimum volume requirements, (2) very short cycle time requirements which may be difficult for us to meet, (3) long-standing relationships between our competitors
and certain semiconductor
manufacturers, and (4) semiconductor manufacturer test strategies that include low performance semiconductor testers.

Intellectual Property

Our success depends in part upon our ability to continue to innovate and invest in research and development to meet the semiconductor testing requirements of our
customers, to maintain and protect our proprietary technology and to conduct our business without infringing the proprietary rights of others. We rely on a combination of patents, trade secrets,
trademarks and contractual restrictions on disclosure to protect our intellectual property rights.

As
of December 29, 2007, we had 471 issued patents, of which 252 are United States patents and 219 are foreign patents. The expiration dates of these patents range from 2013 to
2026. Our issued patents cover many of the features of our MicroSpring interconnect technology, as well as some of our inventions related to wafer probe cards and testing, wafer-level packaging and
test, sockets and assemblies and chips. In addition, as of December 29, 2007, we had 557 patent applications pending worldwide, including 148 United States applications, 377 foreign national or
regional stage applications and 32 Patent Cooperation Treaty applications. We cannot provide any assurance that our current patent applications, or any future patent applications that we may file,
will result in a patent being issued with the scope of the claims we seek, or at all, or whether any patents that we may obtain will not be challenged or invalidated. Even if additional patents are
issued, our patents might not provide sufficiently broad coverage to protect our proprietary rights or to avoid a third party claim against one or more of our products or technologies.

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We
have both registered and unregistered trademarks, including FormFactor, Harmony, MicroSpring, MicroForce, MicroLign, TRE, TrueScale and the FormFactor logo.

We
routinely require our employees, customers, suppliers and potential business partners to enter into confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements before we disclose to
them any sensitive or proprietary information regarding our products, technology or business plans. We require our employees to assign to us proprietary information, inventions and other intellectual
property they create, modify or improve.

Legal
protections afford only limited protection for our proprietary rights. We also may not be successful in our efforts to enforce our proprietary rights. Notwithstanding our efforts
to protect our
proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our products or to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. From time to time, we have become aware of
situations where others are or may be infringing on our proprietary rights. We evaluate these situations as they arise and elect to take actions against these companies as we deem appropriate. Others
might independently develop similar or competing technologies or methods or design around our patents, or attempt to manufacture and sell infringing products in countries that do not strongly enforce
intellectual property rights or hold invalid our intellectual property rights. In addition, leading companies in the semiconductor industry have extensive patent portfolios and other intellectual
property with respect to semiconductor technology. In the future, we might receive claims that we are infringing intellectual property rights of others or that our patents or other intellectual
property rights are invalid. We have received in the past, and may receive in the future, communications from third parties inquiring about our interest in licensing certain of their intellectual
property or more generally identifying intellectual property that may be of interest to us.

We
have invested significant time and resources in our technology and as a part of our ongoing efforts to protect the intellectual property embodied in our proprietary technologies,
including our MicroSpring interconnect technology and design processes, we may pursue actions to enforce our intellectual property rights against infringing third parties.

For
a description of the material patent-related proceedings in which we are involved, see "Item 3: Legal Proceedings".

Employees

As of December 29, 2007, we had 1,124 regular full-time employees, including 218 in research and development, 134 in sales and marketing, 124
in general and administrative functions, and 648 in operations. By region, 986 of our employees were in North America, 54 in Japan, 24 in Taiwan, 23 in South Korea, 23 in Singapore, and 14 in Europe.
On February 5, 2008, we announced a cost reduction plan that will include reducing our global workforce by approximately 14%. The plan is designed to restructure our company to better align
with the market environment.

No
employees are currently covered by a collective bargaining agreement. We believe that our relations with our employees are good.

Available Information

We maintain a website athttp://www.formfactor.com. We make available free of charge on our website our annual
report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current
reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after we
electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. The reference to our website does not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained at the site.

The
public may also read and copy any materials that we file with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain
information on

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the
operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports and other
information regarding issuers, such as FormFactor, that file electronically with the SEC. The SEC's Internet website is located athttp://www.sec.gov.

Executive Officers

The names of our executive officers, their ages as of December 29, 2007 and their positions with our company are set forth below.

|Name                 |  | Age |  | Position                                            
|-------------------- |  | --- |  | ----------------------------------------------------
|Dr. Igor Y. Khandros |  | 53  |  | Chief Executive Officer and Director                
|Dr. Mario Ruscev(1)  |  | 51  |  | President and Director                              
|Ronald C. Foster(2)  |  | 57  |  | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
|Richard M. Freeman   |  | 58  |  | Senior Vice President, Operations                   
|Jorge L. Titinger    |  | 46  |  | Senior Vice President, Product Business Group       
|Stuart L. Merkadeau  |  | 46  |  | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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Dr. Igor Y. Khandrosfounded FormFactor in April 1993. Dr. Khandros has served as our Chief Executive Officer as well as a
Director since that time. Dr. Khandros also served as our President from April 1993 to November 2004. From 1990 to 1992, Dr. Khandros served as the Vice President of Development of
Tessera, Inc., a provider of chip scale packaging technology, that he co-founded. From 1986 to 1990, he was employed at the Yorktown Research Center of IBM Corporation as a member
of the technical staff and a manager. From 1979 to 1985, Dr. Khandros was employed at ABEX Corporation, a casting foundry and composite parts producer, as a research metallurgist and a manager,
and he was an engineer from 1977 to 1978 at the Institute of Casting Research in Kiev, Russia. Dr. Khandros holds a M.S. equivalent degree in metallurgical engineering from Kiev Polytechnic
Institute in Kiev, Russia, and a Ph.D. in metallurgy from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Dr. Mario Ruscevjoined our company in January 2008 as our President and Director. Dr. Ruscev previously served as President
of Testing Schlumberger Oilfield Services of Schlumberger Limited, a services company supplying technology, project management and information solutions for optimizing performance in the oil and gas
industry, from April 2006 to December 2007. He also held several executive positions at Schlumberger during his 23 year career with that company, including President of Schlumberger Water and
Carbon Services from April 2002 to March 2006, President of Wireline Schlumberger Oilfield Services from January 2001 to March 2002 and President of Geco-Prakla Schlumberger Oilfield
Services from April 1999 to December 2000. Dr. Ruscev received a Doctorate in Nuclear Physics from Université, Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France and a Ph.D. in Nuclear
Physics from Yale University.

Ronald C. Fosterhas served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since March 2005. Mr. Foster previously served
as Chief Financial Officer of JDS Uniphase, a manufacturer of products for fiber optic communications, from February 2003 to March 2005. Prior to joining JDS Uniphase, Mr. Foster was the Chief
Financial Officer of Novell, Inc., a provider of network operating systems, from 2001 to February 2003. Mr. Foster served as Vice President of Finance and Operations, Corporate
Controller at Novell from 1998 to 2001. Prior to Novell, Mr. Foster served as Vice President, Operations Controller for Applied Materials, Inc., a manufacturer of semiconductor wafer
fabrication equipment and also spent more than ten years in various financial roles at Hewlett-Packard Company.

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Mr. Foster
received an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in economics from Whitman College.

Richard M. Freemanhas served as our Senior Vice President, Operations since September 2004. Mr. Freeman previously served as Chief
Operating Officer at ChipPAC Inc. a provider of semiconductor packaging, design, assembly, test and distribution services from November 2000 to December 2003. He also served as Senior Vice
President of Manufacturing for Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, from April 1999 to November 2000. Prior to this, Mr. Freeman spent over 20 years in semiconductor manufacturing at
National Semiconductor Corporation and Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., the last position as Vice President of Worldwide Wafer Manufacturing. Mr. Freeman holds a M.S. degree
in chemistry from the University of Arizona and a B.S. degree in chemistry from Michigan Technological University.

Jorge L. Titingerjoined our company in November 2007 as our Senior Vice President, Product Business Group. Mr. Titinger previously
served as Chief Manufacturing Officer and Executive Vice President of Global Operations of KLA-Tencor Corporation, a supplier of process control and yield management solutions for
semiconductor and related microelectronics industries from February 2006 to October 2007. He also served as Chief Administrative Officer of KLA-Tencor from January 2005 to February 2006,
Senior Vice President and General Manager of KLA-Tencor's Global Support Services and Field Operations Group from July 2004 to December 2005, and Vice President and General Manager of
KLA-Tencor's TI and Central USA Field Business Unit from January 2003 to July 2004. Prior to joining KLA-Tencor, he held several executive positions at Applied Materials, from
1998 to December 2002 including Vice President of Global Operations. Prior to that, he was President/Chief Operating Officer at Insync Systems, Inc., and held executive positions at
NeTpower, Inc., MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. and Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mr. Titinger received a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering, and a M.S. in engineering management
from Stanford University.

Stuart L. Merkadeauhas served as one of our Senior Vice Presidents since October 2003 and as our General Counsel and Secretary since
October 2002. Mr. Merkadeau previously served as one of our Vice Presidents from October 2002 to September 2003, and as our Vice President of Intellectual Property from July 2000 to October
2002. From 1990 to July 2000, Mr. Merkadeau practiced law as an associate and then a partner with Graham & James LLP, where he specialized in licensing and strategic counseling in
intellectual property matters. Mr. Merkadeau is admitted to practice in California and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Merkadeau holds a B.S. in
industrial engineering from Northwestern University and a J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Item 1A:Risk Factors

You should carefully consider the following risk factors, as well as the other information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, in evaluating
FormFactor and our business. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations would suffer, the trading price of our common stock could decline
and you may lose all or part of your investment in our common stock.

Our operating results are likely to fluctuate, which could cause us to miss market analyst or investor expectations and cause the trading price of our
common stock to decline.

Our operating results have fluctuated in the past and are likely to continue to fluctuate. As a result, we believe you should not rely on
period-to-period comparisons of our financial results as indicators of our future performance. Some of the important factors that could cause our revenues, operating results
and outlook to fluctuate from period-to-period include:



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The
impact of one or more of these factors might cause our operating results to vary widely. If our revenues, operating results or outlook fall below the expectations of market analysts
or investors, the market price of our common stock could decline substantially.

Cyclicality in the semiconductor industry historically has affected our sales and might do so in the future, and as a result we could experience reduced
revenues or operating results.

The semiconductor industry has historically been cyclical and is characterized by wide fluctuations in product supply and demand. From time to time, this industry
has experienced significant downturns, often in connection with, or in anticipation of, maturing product and technology cycles, excess inventories and declines in general economic conditions. This
cyclicality could cause our operating results to decline dramatically from one period to the next. For example, our revenues in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 declined by 4.0% compared to our
revenues for the three months ended September 29, 2007. By way of further example, we expect our revenues to be significantly lower in the first quarter of fiscal 2008 compared to the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2007 due in significant part to deteriorating semiconductor market conditions, particularly in the DRAM segment and we cannot provide any assurance when semiconductor market
conditions will improve. Our business depends heavily upon the development and manufacture of new semiconductors, the rate at which semiconductor manufacturers make transitions to smaller nanometer
technology nodes and implement tooling cycles, the volume of production by semiconductor manufacturers and the overall financial strength of our customers, which, in turn, depend upon the current and
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semiconductors
and products, such as personal computers and cell phones, that use semiconductors. Semiconductor manufacturers generally sharply curtail their spending, including their capital
equipment spending, during industry downturns and historically have lowered their spending disproportionately more than the decline in their revenues. This is particularly true when there is a point
during an industry cycle in which the semiconductor manufacturers' costs related to semiconductor devices approaches or exceeds the sales price of the devices. As a result, if we are unable to adjust
our levels of manufacturing and human resources or manage our costs and deliveries from suppliers in response to lower spending by semiconductor manufacturers, our gross margin might decline and cause
us to experience operating losses.

If we are unable to successfully ramp production of our Harmony architecture-based probe card products, our business may be materially adversely
affected.

While we have successfully qualified and delivered certain Harmony-based wafer probe cards that are being used by some of our customers in commercial volume for
testing semiconductor devices and reduced manufacturing lead times, we have experienced and may continue to experience difficulties in the manufacturing ramp of the production of our Harmony
architecture-based products. To date, our Harmony-based probe card production capacity is not keeping pace with demand, and we are experiencing installation issues in the field due to the complexity
of customer design requirements, including the need to test semiconductor devices over a wide range of temperatures and to integrate the wafer probe cards with varying customer test cell environments.
These problems have resulted in missed opportunities with customers. Although we have invested additional resources by committing more personnel and equipment to the Harmony architecture product ramp,
we cannot guarantee that we will successfully transition Harmony production from a lower-volume, engineering-assisted process
to a high-volume manufacturing process, including the automation of certain of the processes. If we fail to ramp our Harmony production manufacturing processes to commercial volumes in a
timely manner and at acceptable yields, if we fail to make continual improvements in our processes or if we fail to reduce our manufacturing costs, our Harmony architecture-based products may not be
commercially successful, our revenues may continue to be adversely affected, our customer relationships and our reputation may be harmed, and our business may be materially adversely affected.

If we are unable to manufacture our products efficiently, our operating results could suffer.

We must continuously modify our manufacturing processes in an effort to improve yields and product performance, lower our costs and reduce the time it takes for
us to design and manufacture our products. We also may be subject to events that negatively affect our manufacturing processes and impact our business and operating results. For example, during our
fiscal quarter ended December 25, 2004, a contamination problem in our manufacturing line caused a yield decline that, in turn, resulted in our inability to timely ship products to our
customers. To improve our manufacturing processes, we have incurred and may incur in the future substantial costs as we increase capacity and yields, implement new manufacturing technologies, methods
and processes, purchase new equipment, upgrade existing equipment and train additional technical personnel. We have experienced and may experience in the future manufacturing delays and other
inefficiencies in connection with the implementation of these improvements and customer qualifications of new processes, which could cause our operating results to decline. We have also experienced
and may continue to experience difficulties in expanding our operations to manufacture our complex products in volume on time and at acceptable cost. For example, while we have successfully qualified
and delivered certain Harmony-based wafer probe cards to some of our customers and reduced manufacturing lead times, we are experiencing new product ramp challenges in connection with the manufacture
of our Harmony architecture-based products, which has resulted in missed opportunities with customers. As a further example, despite bringing on line our new manufacturing facility in early 2006, we
experienced difficulties in fulfilling all of our customers' orders in a timely fashion. Any continued difficulties could cause additional product delivery

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delays
and lost sales. This increases our vulnerability to our competitors and the likelihood that our customers will seek solutions from other suppliers or to develop solutions themselves. If demand
for our products decreases, we could have excess manufacturing capacity. The fixed costs associated with excess manufacturing capacity could cause our operating results to decline. If we are unable to
achieve further manufacturing efficiencies and cost reductions, particularly if we are experiencing pricing pressures in the marketplace, our operating results could suffer.

If we do not innovate and keep pace with technological developments in the semiconductor industry, our products might not be competitive and our
revenues and operating results could suffer.

We must continue to innovate and to invest in research and development to improve our competitive position and to meet the testing requirements of our customers.
Our future growth depends, in significant part, upon our ability to work effectively with and anticipate the testing needs of our customers and to develop and support new products and product
enhancements to meet these needs on a timely and cost-effective basis. Our customers' testing needs are becoming more challenging as the semiconductor industry continues to experience
rapid technological change driven by the demand for complex circuits that are shrinking in size and at the same time are increasing in speed and functionality and becoming less expensive to produce.
Examples of trends driving demand for technological research and development include semiconductor manufacturers' transitions to and 70 and below nanometer technology nodes, to one gigabit density
devices, to Double Data Rate II, or DDR II, architecture devices, and to Double Data Rate III, or DDR III, architecture devices. Our customers expect that they will be able to integrate our wafer
probe cards into any manufacturing process as soon as it is deployed. Therefore, to meet these expectations and remain competitive, we must continually design, develop and introduce on a timely basis
new products and product enhancements with improved features. Successful product design, development and introduction on a timely basis require that we:



Not
only do we need the technical expertise to implement the changes necessary to keep our technologies current, but we must also rely heavily on the judgment of our management to
anticipate future market trends. If we are unable to timely predict industry changes, or if we are unable to modify our products on a timely basis, we might lose customers or market share. In
addition, we might not be able to recover our research and development expenditures, which could harm our operating results.

We depend upon the sale of our wafer probe cards for substantially all of our revenues, and the majority of our wafer probe cards are utilized by
semiconductor manufacturers for testing DRAM devices; if we experience a downturn in demand for our products, our revenues could decline.

We have historically derived substantially all of our revenues from the sale of our wafer probe cards to manufacturers of DRAM, flash memory devices, and
microprocessor, chipset and other logic devices. In fiscal 2007 and 2006, sales to manufacturers of DRAM devices accounted for 70.9% and 73.7%, respectively, of our revenues, sales to manufacturers of
flash memory devices accounted for 19.2% and 15.8%, respectively, of our revenues, and sales to manufacturers of logic devices accounted for 9.8% and 10.5%, respectively, of our revenues. We
anticipate that sales of our wafer probe cards

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represent a substantial majority of our revenues for the foreseeable future. Our success depends in large part upon the continued acceptance of our products within these markets and our ability
to continue to develop and introduce new products that meet our customers' requirements on a timely basis for these markets. In particular, to continue to grow our business, we need to further
penetrate the flash memory market and to gain additional market share with flash memory manufacturers. We also need to successfully qualify and introduce our DRAM and flash wafer probe card products
incorporating our Harmony architecture. While we have successfully qualified and delivered certain Harmony-based wafer probe cards which are being used by some of our customers in commercial volume
during the fabrication of semiconductor devices, and reduced manufacturing lead times, this does not necessarily mean that we have solved all manufacturing issues for all designs of our Harmony-based
products. To the extent that we are unable to efficiently manufacture our wafer probe cards or if we are not able to timely deliver our products, our revenues and business operations could be
adversely impacted and our ability to grow could suffer. If chip manufacturers fail to make architecture, node or technology transitions as we anticipate, or if anticipated or announced transitions
are delayed, it could adversely impact our revenues and operating results. In addition, we might not be able to sustain or increase our revenues from sales of our wafer probe cards, particularly if
conditions in the semiconductor market continue to deteriorate or do not improve or if the market enters into another downturn. Any decrease in revenues from sales of our wafer probe cards could harm
our business more than it would if we offered a more diversified line of products.

The markets in which we participate are competitive, and if we do not compete effectively, our operating results could be harmed.

We are experiencing increased competition in the wafer probe card market and we expect competition to intensify in the future. Increased competition has resulted
and in the future is likely to result in price reductions, reduced gross margins or loss of market share. Competitors might introduce new competitive products for the same markets that our products
currently serve. These products may have better performance, lower prices and/or broader acceptance than our products. In addition, for products such as wafer probe cards, semiconductor manufacturers
typically qualify more than one source, to avoid dependence on a single source of supply. As a result, our customers will likely purchase products from our competitors. Current and potential
competitors include Advantest Corporation, AMST Co., Ltd., Cascade Microtech, Inc., Feinmetall GmbH, Japan Electronic Materials Corporation, Korea Instrument Co., Ltd., SV
Probe Inc., Micronics Japan Co., Ltd., Microfriend Inc., MicroProbe Inc., Phicom Corporation, Technoprobe Asia Pte. Ltd., Tokyo Cathode Laboratory Co., Ltd.,
Tokyo Electron, Ltd., Touchdown Technologies, Inc., TSE Co., Ltd. and Wentworth Laboratories, Inc., among others. Many of our current and potential competitors have greater name recognition,
larger customer bases, more established customer relationships or greater financial, technical, manufacturing, marketing and other resources than we do. As a result, they might be able to respond more
quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements, devote greater resources to the development, promotion, sale and support of their products, and reduce prices to increase
market share. Some of our competitors also supply other types of test equipment, or offer both advanced wafer probe cards and needle probe cards. Those competitors that offer both advanced wafer probe
cards and needle probe cards might have strong, existing relationships with our existing customers or with potential customers. Because we do not offer a needle probe card or other conventional
technology wafer probe card for less advanced applications, it may be difficult for us to introduce our advanced wafer probe cards to these customers and potential customers for certain wafer test
applications. It is possible that existing or new competitors, including test equipment manufacturers, may offer new technologies that reduce the value of our wafer probe cards.

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We derive a substantial portion of our revenues from a small number of customers, and our revenues could decline significantly if any major customer
cancels, reduces or delays a purchase of our products.

A relatively small number of customers has accounted for a significant portion of our revenues in any particular period. Four customers accounted for 63.0% of our
revenues in fiscal 2007, and three customers accounted for 47.3% of our revenues in fiscal 2006 and four customers accounted for 72.8% of our revenues in fiscal 2005. In fiscal 2007 and 2006, our ten
largest customers accounted for 90.7% and 89.6%, respectively, of our revenues. We anticipate that sales of our products to a relatively small number of customers will continue to account for a
significant portion of our revenues. The cancellation or deferral of even a small number of purchases of our products could significantly reduce our revenues in any particular quarter. Cancellations
or deferrals could result from a downturn in the
semiconductor industry, manufacturing delays, quality or reliability issues with our products, or interruptions to our customers' operations due to fire, natural disasters or other events. Our
customers could cease purchasing our products with short or no notice to us or fail to pay all or part of an invoice. In some situations, our customers might be able to cancel orders without a
significant penalty. In addition, consolidation in the semiconductor industry, particularly among manufacturers of DRAM, could reduce our customer base, lead to lost or delayed sales and reduced
demand for our wafer probe cards and result in pricing pressures. Additionally, certain customers may not want to rely entirely or substantially on a single wafer probe card supplier and, as a result,
such customers could reduce their purchases of our wafer probe cards.

If our relationships with our customers and companies that manufacture semiconductor test equipment deteriorate, our product development activities
could be harmed.

The success of our product development efforts depends upon our ability to anticipate market trends and to collaborate closely with our customers and with
companies that manufacture semiconductor test equipment. Our relationships with these customers and companies provide us with access to valuable information regarding manufacturing and process
technology trends in the semiconductor industry, which enables us to better plan our product development activities. These relationships also provide us with opportunities to understand the
performance and functionality requirements of our customers, which improve our ability to customize our products to fulfill their needs. Our relationships with test equipment companies are important
to us because test equipment companies can design our wafer probe cards into their equipment and provide us with the insight into their product plans that allows us to offer wafer probe cards for use
with their products when they are introduced to the market. Our relationships with our customers and test equipment companies could deteriorate if they:



Many
of our customers and the test equipment companies we work with are large companies. The consequences of deterioration in our relationship with any of these companies could be
exacerbated

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due
to the significant influence these companies can exert in our markets. If our current relationships with our customers and test equipment companies deteriorate, or if we are unable to develop
similar collaborative relationships with important customers and test equipment companies in the future, our long-term ability to produce commercially successful products could be
impaired.

Because we generally do not have a sufficient backlog of unfilled orders to meet our quarterly revenue targets, revenues in any quarter are
substantially dependent upon customer orders received and fulfilled in that quarter.

Our revenues are difficult to forecast because we generally do not have a sufficient backlog of unfilled orders to meet our quarterly revenue targets at the
beginning of a quarter. Rather, a substantial percentage of our revenues in any quarter depends upon customer orders for our wafer probe cards that we receive and fulfill in that quarter. Because our
expense levels are based in part on our expectations as to future revenues and to a large extent are fixed in the short term, we might be unable to adjust spending in time to compensate for any
unexpected shortfall in revenues. Accordingly, any significant shortfall of revenues in relation to our expectations could hurt our operating results.

If semiconductor manufacturers do not migrate elements of final test to wafer probe test, market acceptance of other applications of our technology
could be delayed.

We intend to continue to work with certain of our customers to migrate elements of final test from the device level to the wafer level and to engage in such
activities with other and new customers. This migration will involve a change in semiconductor test strategies from concentrating final test at the individual device level to increasing the amount of
test at the wafer level. Semiconductor manufacturers typically take time to qualify new strategies that affect their testing operations. As a result, general acceptance of wafer-level final test might
not occur in the near term or at all. In addition, semiconductor manufacturers might not accept and use wafer-level final test in a way that uses our technology. If the migration of elements of final
test to wafer probe test does not grow as we anticipate, or if semiconductor manufacturers do not adopt our technology for their wafer probe test requirements, market acceptance of other applications
for our technology could be delayed. In addition, if various manufacturers do not elect to invest in wafer test technology enabling the identification of known good die, or KGD, or if the projected or
anticipated investment in such technology is delayed or reduced, it could delay the introduction of our technologies and negatively impact our business.

Changes in test strategies, equipment and processes could cause us to lose revenues.

The demand for wafer probe cards depends in large part upon the number of semiconductor designs, technology and architecture transitions in chip designs, and the
overall semiconductor unit volume. The time it takes to test a wafer depends upon the number of devices being tested, the complexity of these devices, the test software program and the test equipment
itself. As test programs become increasingly effective and test throughput increases, the number of wafer probe cards required to test a given volume of devices declines. Therefore, advances in the
test process could cause us to lose sales.

If
semiconductor manufacturers implement chip designs that include increased built-in self-test capabilities or similar functions or methodologies that increase
test throughput, it could negatively impact our sales or the migration of elements of final test to the wafer level. Additionally, if new chip designs or types of chips are implemented that require
less, or even no, test using wafer probe cards, or significantly reduce wafer test complexity, our revenues could be impacted. Further, if new chip designs are implemented which we are unable to test,
or which we are unable to test efficiently and provide our customers with an acceptably low overall cost of test, our revenues could be negatively impacted. Still further, if semiconductor
manufacturers reduce generally the amount or degree of wafer test they perform, our revenues could be negatively impacted.

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We incur significant research and development expenses in conjunction with the introduction of new product architectures and platforms. Often, we time our product introductions to the
introduction of new test equipment platforms or the declination of manufacturers to adopt a new test platform. Because our customers require both test equipment and wafer probe cards, any delay or
disruption in the introduction of new test equipment platforms would negatively affect our growth.

We manufacture all our products at our facility in Livermore, California, and any disruption in the operations of this facility could adversely impact
our business and operating results.

Our manufacturing processes require sophisticated and costly equipment and a specially designed facility, including a semiconductor clean room. We manufacture our
wafer probe cards at our new facility located in Livermore, California. Any disruption in our manufacturing, whether due to contamination in our manufacturing process, technical or labor difficulties,
destruction or damage from fire or earthquake, infrastructure failures such as power or water shortage or any other reason, could interrupt our operations, impair critical systems, disrupt
communications with our customers and suppliers, and cause us to write off inventory, thereby potentially resulting in the loss of revenues. In addition, if the previous energy crises in California
that resulted in disruptions in power supply and increases in utility costs were to recur, we might experience power interruptions and shortages, which could disrupt our manufacturing operations. This
could subject us to loss of revenues as well as significantly higher costs of energy. Further, current and potential customers might not purchase our products if they perceive our lack of a fully
operational alternate manufacturing facility to be a risk to their continuing source of supply.

If we do not effectively expand our manufacturing capacity at our new operations and manufacturing facility as demand for our products increases, and
introduce automation into our processes, our business and operating results will be negatively impacted.

We completed the transition to our new manufacturing facility in Livermore and the first phase of our capacity ramp in fiscal 2006. We plan to further ramp
production volume at our new facility to meet demand for our existing products and for our contemplated new product introductions. The costs of increasing manufacturing capacity at our current
Livermore facility, including capital costs such as equipment, and fixed costs such as rent, personnel and material costs required for any ramp and qualification, are substantial. Any difficulties we
encounter in expanding manufacturing capacity at our current facility could result in significant expense, disrupt our manufacturing processes, and cause
delays in product deliveries and lost sales, which would harm our business, financial condition and operating results. Additionally, our inability to automate certain portions of our manufacturing
processes that are currently not automated could have a limiting impact on our production capacity and harm our operating results.

We have delayed our planned establishment of a manufacturing facility in Singapore, and if we do not effectively execute our current global
manufacturing plan or if we decide to change our plan, our operating results could be negatively impacted.

We have initiated the first phase of our company's current global manufacturing plan to establish a new manufacturing facility in Singapore. Our current plan,
portions of which we have delayed and are further evaluating, is to first expand our assembly and test and back-end manufacturing processes in Singapore and then expand our manufacturing
capabilities and capacities in Singapore to include our front-end manufacturing processes. The difficulties normally associated with designing, building and bringing online a new facility
will be compounded by language and cultural differences, as well as the geographic distance from our California-based facility. Our executive team has little experience in building or managing foreign
operations, and the design, build and ramp of this new facility may divert a substantial amount of our management's time. To prepare this facility for operation, we will need to design and build a
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expansion,
purchase new equipment, replicate our current manufacturing processes and hire additional technical personnel. The design, build and start-up of the facility in Singapore may
raise numerous or unfamiliar construction, logistical, supply, equipment, engineering and human resources complications. Design and construction costs are continuing to increase since we initiated our
Singapore expansion project at a level that we did not reasonably anticipate. Additionally, capital costs such as equipment, fixed costs such as rent, personnel and material costs required for ramp
and qualification, and redundancy costs associated with maintaining production sites in two locations, are substantial. We may encounter, for example, delays, and cost overruns during the design and
build of the new facility, and technical obstacles such as poor manufacturing yield and loss of quality control during the ramp of the new facility, which could negatively impact gross margins, delay
shipments and deliveries, cause us to lose sales, damage our reputation and harm our business, financial condition and operating results. In addition, some or all of our customers may also require a
full qualification of any new facility. Any qualification process could take longer than we anticipate and negatively impact our operating results. Further, we announced on February 5, 2008,
that we have placed portions of the Singapore expansion project on hold for approximately six months. If we decide to change our current global manufacturing plan, we may incur charges for certain
costs incurred to support the Singapore facility project to date.

If we are unable to continue to reduce the time it takes for us to design and produce a wafer probe card, our growth could be impeded.

Our customers continuously seek to reduce the time it takes them to introduce new products to market. The cyclicality of the semiconductor industry, coupled with
changing demands for semiconductor devices, requires our customers to be flexible and highly adaptable to changes in the volume and mix of products they must produce. Each of those changes requires a
new design and each new design requires a new wafer probe card. For some existing semiconductor devices, the manufacturers' volume and mix of product requirements are such that we are unable to
design, manufacture and ship products to meet such manufacturers' relatively short cycle time requirements. We, for example, have lost sales in the past where we were unable to meet a customer's
schedule for wafer probe cards for a particular design. If we are unable to reduce the time it takes for us to design, manufacture and ship our products in response to the needs of our customers, our
competitive position could be harmed and we could lose sales. We currently plan on bringing up design capacity in Japan at our local Japan facilities at a level that will allow us to complete
substantially all of our design requirements for our customers in Japan by the end of our third fiscal quarter of 2008, and our design capacity in Korea at our local Korea facilities at a level that
will allow us to complete substantially all or our design requirements for our customers in Korea by the end of our fourth fiscal quarter of 2008. If we are not able to bring up design capacity in
these countries as planned, our ability to respond to customer requirements could be challenged and our revenues could be negatively impacted.

We obtain some of the components and materials we use in our products from a sole source or a limited group of suppliers, and the partial or complete
loss of one of these suppliers could cause production delays and a substantial loss of revenues.

We obtain some of the components and materials used in our products, such as printed circuit board assemblies, plating materials and ceramic substrates, from a
sole source or a limited group of suppliers. Alternative sources are not currently available for sole source components and materials. Because we rely on purchase orders rather than
long-term contracts with the majority of our suppliers, we cannot predict with certainty our ability to obtain components and materials in the longer term. A sole or limited source
supplier could increase prices, which could lead to a decline in our gross margin. Our dependence upon sole or limited source suppliers exposes us to several other risks, including a potential
inability to obtain an adequate supply of materials, late deliveries and poor component quality. Disruption or termination of the supply of components or materials could delay shipments of our
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to obtain an adequate supply of a component or material, we might have to use a substitute component or material, which could require us to make changes in our manufacturing process. From time
to time, we have experienced difficulties in receiving shipments from one or more of our suppliers, especially during periods of high demand for our products. If we cannot obtain an adequate supply of
the components and materials we require, or do not receive them in a timely manner, we might be required to identify new suppliers. We might not be able to identify new suppliers on a timely basis or
at all. We, as well as our customers would also need to qualify any new suppliers. The lead-time required to identify and qualify new suppliers could affect our ability to timely ship our
products and cause our operating results to suffer. Further, a sole or limited source supplier could require us to enter into non-cancelable purchase commitments or pay in advance to
ensure our source of supply. In an industry downturn, or in an environment in which growth is not at a level we projected or anticipated, commitments of this type could result in charges for excess
inventory of parts. If we are unable to predict our component and materials needs accurately, or if our supply is disrupted, we might miss market opportunities by not being able to meet the demand for
our products.

Wafer probe cards that do not meet specifications or that contain defects could damage our reputation, decrease market acceptance of our technology,
cause us to lose customers and revenues, and result in liability to us.

The complexity and ongoing development of our wafer probe card manufacturing process, combined with increases in wafer probe card production volumes, have in the
past and could in the future lead to design or manufacturing problems. For example, we have experienced the presence of contaminants in our plating baths, which have caused a decrease in our
manufacturing yields or have resulted in unanticipated stress-related failures when our wafer probe cards are being used in the manufacturing test environment. A further example is that during our
fiscal quarter ended December 25, 2004, we experienced a contamination problem in our manufacturing line. This contamination problem caused a
yield decline that, in turn, resulted in our inability to timely ship products to our customers. Manufacturing design errors such as the miswiring of a wafer probe card or the incorrect placement of
probe contact elements have caused us to repeat manufacturing design steps. In addition to these examples, problems might result from a number of factors, including design defects, materials failures,
failures of components manufactured by our suppliers to meet our specifications, contamination in the manufacturing environment, impurities in the materials used, unknown sensitivities to process
conditions, such as temperature and humidity, and equipment failures. As a result, our products have in the past contained and might in the future contain undetected errors or defects. Any errors or
defects could:



The
occurrence of any one or more of these events could hurt our operating results.

In
addition, if any of our products fails to meet specifications or has reliability, quality or compatibility problems, our reputation could be damaged significantly and customers might
be reluctant to buy our products, which could result in a decline in revenues, an increase in product returns or

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warranty
costs and the loss of existing customers or the failure to attract new customers. Our customers use our products with test equipment and software in their manufacturing facilities. Our
products must be compatible with the customers' equipment and software to form an integrated system. While we have designed our test capabilities and standards to replicate the actual test environment
of our customers and continually work to improve our capabilities, it is possible that our wafer probe card will perform differently in the customers' actual test environments. If our wafer probe card
does not function properly within a customer's specific test environment, we could be required to provide field application engineers to locate the problem, which can take time and resources. If the
problem relates to our wafer probe cards, we might have to invest significant capital, manufacturing capacity and other resources to correct it. Our current or potential customers also might seek to
recover from us any losses resulting from defects or failures in our products. Liability claims could require us to spend significant time and money in litigation or to pay significant damages.

If our ability to forecast demand for our products deteriorates or the predictability of our manufacturing yields do not improve, we could incur higher
inventory losses than we currently experience.

Each semiconductor chip design requires a custom wafer probe card. Because our products are design-specific, demand for our products is difficult to forecast. Due
to our customers' short delivery time requirements, we often design, procure materials and, at times, produce our products in anticipation of demand for our products rather than in response to an
order. Our manufacturing yields, particularly for new products, have historically been unpredictable and consequently, we generally produce more components for probe cards, or actual probe cards, than
forecasted demand. If we do not obtain orders as we anticipate or if we continue to produce excess inventory to compensate for unpredictable manufacturing yields, we could have excess or obsolete
inventory for a specific customer design that we would not be able to sell to any other customer, which would likely result in inventory write-offs or material charges for scrap.

If we fail to remediate the material weakness identified in our internal control and accounting systems in October 2007 our business may be materially
adversely affected.

In October 2007, we completed a review of our historical practices with respect to inventory valuation. That review indicated that during fiscal 2006 and the
first half of fiscal 2007 we did not consistently follow our accounting policies for determining inventory valuation. Specifically, we did not maintain effective review controls to ensure that the
estimation process to value inventory complied with our policy. As a result, we were required to restate our financial statements for the fiscal year ended
December 30, 2006, for each of the fiscal quarters for that fiscal year, and for the fiscal quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2007. Although we are implementing revised
procedures designed to prevent a recurrence of the problem, we cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully address the deficiency. If we fail to remediate the material weakness identified
in our internal control and accounting systems, we may not have accurate information to make investment and management decisions, investors may lose confidence in our ability to execute, our stock
price may decline and our business may be materially adversely affected.

We might be subject to claims of infringement of other parties' proprietary rights which could harm our business.

In the future, as we have in the past, we might receive claims that we are infringing intellectual property rights of others or inquiries about our interest in a
license, or assertions that we need a license, to the intellectual property. The semiconductor industry is characterized by uncertain and conflicting intellectual property claims and vigorous
protection and pursuit of these rights. The resolution of any claims of this nature, with or without merit, could be time consuming, result in costly litigation or cause product shipment delays. In
the event of an adverse ruling or settlement, we might be required to pay substantial damages, cease the use or sale of infringing products, spend significant

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resources
to develop non-infringing technology, discontinue the use of certain technology and/or enter into license agreements. License agreements, if required, might not be available on
terms acceptable to us or at all. The loss of access to any of our intellectual property or the ability to use any of our technology could harm our business. Finally, certain of our customer contracts
contain provisions that require us to defend and/or indemnify our customers for third party intellectual property infringement claims, which would increase the cost to us of an adverse ruling or
settlement.

If we fail to protect our proprietary rights, our competitors might gain access to our technology, which could adversely affect our ability to compete
successfully in our markets and harm our operating results.

If we fail to protect our proprietary rights adequately, our competitors might gain access to our technology. Unauthorized parties might attempt to copy aspects
of our products or to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. Others might independently develop similar or competing technologies or methods or design around our patents. In
addition, the laws of many foreign countries in which we or our customers do business do not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. As a result,
our proprietary rights could be compromised, our competitors might offer products similar to ours and we might not be able to compete successfully. We also cannot assure that:



We
have spent in the past and may be required to spend in the future significant resources to monitor and protect our intellectual property rights. We presently believe that it is likely
that one or more of our competitors are using methodologies or have implemented structures into certain of their products that are covered by one or more of our intellectual property rights. We have
in the past brought claims to protect our rights, and we are currently involved in patent infringement litigation and, in certain cases, our competitors have initiated invalidity proceedings in
foreign patent offices against certain of our patents. See the "Legal Proceedings" section of this Form 10-K for a description of the material patent-related proceedings in which we
are involved.

Any
litigation, whether or not it is resolved in our favor, and whether it is initiated by us or by a third party, could result in significant and possibly material expense to us and
divert the efforts of our management and technical personnel. In addition, while patents are territorial and a ruling on a certain given patent does not necessarily impact the validity or
enforceability of a corresponding or related patent in a different country, an adverse ruling in one country might negatively impact our ability to enforce the corresponding or related patent in other
countries. Finally, certain of our customer contracts contain provisions that require us to defend and/or indemnify our customers for third party intellectual property infringement claims, which would
increase the cost to us of an adverse ruling in such a claim. An adverse determination could also negatively impact our ability to license certain of our technologies and methods to others, and result
in our competitors being allowed to sell products with, or add to their products, features and benefits contained in our products, thereby reducing our competitive advantages over these competing
products.

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If we do not effectively manage growth and other changes in our business, these changes could place a significant strain on our management and
operations and, as a result, our business might not succeed.

Our rapid growth in recent years has placed significant demands on our management team, our information systems and our design, applications and manufacturing
processes. Our ability to continue to grow successfully and to proactively manage other changes in our business, including our recently announced cost reduction plan, requires an effective planning,
implementation and management process. To manage our business effectively, we must invest the necessary capital and continue to improve and expand our controls, systems and infrastructure in a timely
and efficient manner. Those resources might not be available when we need them, which would limit our ability to manage our business and its challenges, thereby limiting growth. Our controls, systems
and procedures might not be adequate to support a growing public company. For example, if we do not implement in a timely manner scalable information technology systems, we may not be able to maintain
or expand our current manufacturing capacity, improve our manufacturing yields, expand our global manufacturing and service center capabilities or upgrade our accounting and internal control systems,
which would, in turn, have a negative impact on our operating results. In addition, if our plans to expand our manufacturing capacity or our global operations involve the acquisition of businesses, we
will need to invest the necessary resources, and to improve our corporate systems and infrastructure in order to enable the successful integration of any acquired businesses. If our management fails
to plan effectively for our business initiatives or to respond effectively to changes in our business, our business might not succeed.

If we fail to attract, integrate and retain qualified personnel, our business might be harmed.

Our future success depends largely upon the continued service of our key management, technical, and sales and marketing personnel, and on our continued ability to
hire, integrate and retain qualified individuals, particularly engineers and sales and marketing personnel in order to improve our product development, increase market awareness of our products and
increase revenues. For example, in the future, we might need technical personnel experienced in competencies that we do not currently have or require. Competition for qualified individuals may be
intense, and we might not be successful in retaining our employees or attracting new personnel. The loss of any key employee, the inability to successfully integrate replacement personnel, the failure
of any key employee to perform in his or her current position or our inability to attract and retain skilled employees as needed could impair our ability to meet customer and technological demands.
All of our key personnel in the United States are employees-at-will.

We may make acquisitions and investments, which could put a strain on our resources, cause ownership dilution to our stockholders and adversely affect
our financial results.

While we have made no acquisitions of businesses, products or technologies in the past, we may make acquisitions of complementary businesses, products or
technologies in the future. We may also make certain investments in complementary or supplementary businesses, products or technologies in the future. Integrating newly acquired businesses, products
or technologies into our company could put a strain on our resources, could be expensive and time consuming, and might not be successful. Future acquisitions and investments could divert our
management's attention from other business concerns and expose our business to unforeseen liabilities or risks associated with entering new markets. In addition, we might lose key employees while
integrating new organizations. Consequently, we might not be successful in integrating any acquired businesses, products or technologies, and might not achieve anticipated revenues and cost benefits.
Investments that we make may not result in a return consistent with our projections upon which such investments are made, or may require additional investment that we did not originally anticipate. In
addition, future acquisitions could result in customer dissatisfaction, performance problems with an acquired company, potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities or the incurrence of debt,
contingent liabilities, possible impairment charges related to goodwill or other intangible assets or other unanticipated events or circumstances, any of which could harm our business.

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As part of our sales process, we could incur substantial sales and engineering expenses that do not result in revenues, which would harm our operating
results.

Our customers generally expend significant efforts evaluating and qualifying our products prior to placing an order. The time that our customers require to
evaluate and qualify our wafer probe cards is typically between three and 12 months and sometimes longer. While our customers are evaluating our products, we might incur substantial sales,
marketing, and research and development expenses. For example, we typically expend significant resources educating our prospective customers regarding the uses and benefits of our wafer probe cards
and developing wafer probe cards customized to the potential customer's needs, for which we might not be reimbursed. Although we commit substantial resources to our sales efforts, we might never
receive any revenues from a customer. For example, many semiconductor designs never reach production, including designs for which we have expended design effort and expense. In addition, prospective
customers might decide not to use our wafer probe cards. The length of time that it takes for the evaluation process and for us to make a sale depends upon many factors including:



In
addition, product purchases are frequently subject to delays, particularly with respect to large customers for which our products may represent a small percentage of their overall
purchases. As a result, our sales cycles are unpredictable. If we incur substantial sales and engineering expenses without generating revenues, our operating results could be harmed.

Our failure to comply with environmental laws and regulations could subject us to significant fines and liabilities, and new laws and regulations or
changes in regulatory interpretation or enforcement could make compliance more difficult and costly.

We are subject to various U.S. federal, state and local, and foreign governmental laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, including
those governing the discharge of pollutants into the air and water, the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, the cleanup of contaminated sites and the maintenance of a safe
workplace. We could incur substantial costs, including cleanup costs, civil or criminal fines or sanctions and third-party claims for property damage or personal injury, as a result of violations of
or liabilities under environmental laws and regulations or non-compliance with the environmental permits required at our facilities.

These
laws, regulations and permits also could require the installation of costly pollution control equipment or operational changes to limit pollution emissions or decrease the
likelihood of accidental releases of hazardous substances. In addition, changing laws and regulations, new laws and regulations, stricter enforcement of existing laws and regulations, the discovery of
previously unknown contamination at our or others' sites or the imposition of new cleanup requirements could require us to curtail our operations, restrict our future expansion, subject us to
liability and cause us to incur future costs that could harm our operations, thereby adversely impacting our operating results and cash flow.

Because we conduct most of our business internationally, we are subject to operational, economic, financial and political risks abroad.

Sales of our products to customers outside the United States have accounted for a significant part of our revenues. Our international sales as a percentage of our
revenues were 82.2% and 70.5%, respectively, for fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006, respectively. Additionally, certain of our Korean customers

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purchase
through their North American subsidiaries. In the future, we expect international sales, particularly in Europe, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, to continue to account for a significant
percentage of our revenues. Accordingly, we will be subject to risks and challenges that we would not otherwise face if we conducted our business only in the United States. These risks and challenges
include:



Any
of these factors could harm our existing international operations and business or impair our ability to continue expanding into international markets.

Unanticipated changes in our tax rates or exposure to additional income tax liabilities could affect our profitability.

We are subject to income taxes in both the United States and various foreign jurisdictions, and our domestic and international tax liabilities are subject to the
allocation of expenses in different jurisdictions. Our effective tax rate could be adversely affected by changes in the mix of earnings in countries with different statutory tax rates, changes in the
valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, changes in tax laws including tax law changes such as the benefit from export sales and the research and development credit, changes in our business
model or in our manufacturing activities, and by material audit assessments. For example, the one-time royalty prepayment, which is a partial buy-in for our transfer of
intellectual property in connection with our proposed Singapore expansion, increased our effective tax rate from 37% to 49% in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007. In particular, the carrying value of
deferred tax assets, which are predominantly in the United States, is dependent on our ability to generate future taxable income in the United States. In addition, the amount of income taxes we pay
could be subject to ongoing audits in various jurisdictions and a material assessment by a governing tax authority could affect our profitability.

We may not obtain the tax and other benefits that we anticipate through the expansion of our manufacturing operations into Singapore, which could
negatively impact our operating results.

We have initiated the first phase of our company's global manufacturing expansion in Singapore. Our plan, portions of which we have delayed and are further
evaluating, to build back-end assembly and test followed by front-end wafer manufacturing in Singapore is driven in substantial part by the tax and other benefits that we
believe are obtainable by operating in that country. These benefits include favorable tax exempt status granted by the Singapore government, subject to meeting certain conditions, as well as lower
qualified technical personnel labor costs. However, if we do not fulfill the conditions for our granted tax status for any reason, we may not obtain the full tax benefits, the tax benefits could
lapse, any future tax benefits that we may seek may not be granted, and any benefits

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any royalty prepayment associated with the buy-in for the license of intellectual property to Singapore, or cost sharing payments, which have increased our effective tax rate.
Additionally, the tax rate could be impacted by a change in our Singapore manufacturing plan, if we do make such a change. Consequently, our effective corporate income tax rate may not decrease as we
expect but instead, may remain approximately the same or increase. In addition, the other benefits of operating in Singapore may not materialize. The inability to obtain the anticipated tax and other
benefits through our Singapore expansion could negatively impact our operating results.

The trading price of our common stock has been and is likely to continue to be volatile, and you might not be able to sell your shares at or above the
price that you paid for them.

The trading prices of the securities of technology companies have been highly volatile, and from January 1, 2007 through February 11, 2008, our
stock price has ranged from $19.62 a share to $48.48 a share. The trading price of our common stock is likely to continue to be subject to wide fluctuations. Factors affecting the trading price of our
common stock include:



In
addition, if the market for technology stocks or the stock market in general experiences loss of investor confidence, the trading price of our common stock could decline for reasons
unrelated to our business, operating results or financial condition. The trading price of our common stock also might decline in reaction to events that affect other companies in our industry even if
these events do not directly affect us.

Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws or Delaware law might discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our company or
changes in our management and, therefore, depress the trading price of our common stock.

Delaware corporate law and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that could discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our
company or changes in our management that the stockholders of our company may deem advantageous. These provisions:



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In
addition, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company. In addition, each of our named executive
officers and certain other officers of the company have entered into change of control severance agreements, which were approved by our Compensation Committee, which could increase the costs
associated with a change of control and thus, potentially deter such a transaction.

Item 1B:Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 2:Properties

Our corporate headquarters, which includes sales, marketing, administration, manufacturing, engineering, and research and development facilities, is located in
Livermore, California. Our corporate headquarters is comprised of a campus of seven buildings totaling approximately 242,000 square feet. We presently lease six buildings and own one building. In
addition, we also lease office, repair and service, and/or research and development space outside of the United States. The leases expire at various times through 2021. We believe that our existing
and planned facilities are suitable for our current needs.

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Information
concerning our properties as of December 29, 2007 is set forth below:

|Location                    |  | Principal Use                                                                                                                                   |  | Square
Footage |  | Ownership
|--------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------- |  | ---------
|Livermore, CA               |  | Corporate headquarters, sales, marketing, product design, manufacturing, service and repair engineering, distribution, research and development |  | 227,878        |  | Leased   
|Livermore, CA               |  | Manufacturing                                                                                                                                   |  | 13,800         |  | Owned    
|Tokyo, Japan                |  | Sales office, marketing, product design, research and development                                                                               |  | 10,581         |  | Leased   
|Jubei City, Hsinchu, Taiwan |  | Sales office, product design, field service and service and repair center                                                                       |  | 18,188         |  | Leased   
|Seoul, South Korea          |  | Sales office, product design, field service, service and repair center                                                                          |  | 7,979          |  | Leased   
|Yokohama City, Japan        |  | Field service and service and repair center                                                                                                     |  | 8,777          |  | Leased   
|Singapore                   |  | Sales office and product design                                                                                                                 |  | 4,115          |  | Leased   
|Munich, Germany             |  | Sales office                                                                                                                                    |  | 918            |  | Leased   
|Milan, Italy                |  | Sales office and field service                                                                                                                  |  | 915            |  | Leased   
|Hiroshima, Japan            |  | Research and development                                                                                                                        |  | 642            |  | Leased   

Item 3:Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business. For our fiscal year ended December 29, 2007, we
were not involved in any material legal proceedings, other than the proceedings summarized below. In the future we may become parties to additional legal proceedings, including proceedings designed to
protect our intellectual property rights that require us to spend significant resources.



We are currently involved in patent-related litigation as part of our ongoing efforts to protect the intellectual property embodied in our proprietary technology,
including our MicroSpring interconnect technology. These litigations include two actions that we filed in 2004 in Seoul Southern District Court, located in Seoul, South Korea, against Phicom
Corporation, a Korean corporation, alleging infringement of our Korean Patent Nos. 252,457, entitled "Method of Fabricating Interconnections Using Cantilever Elements and Sacrificial
Substrates," 324,064, entitled "Contact Tip Structures for Microelectronic Interconnection Elements and Methods of Making Same," 278,342, entitled "Method of Altering the Orientation of Probe Elements
in a Probe Card Assembly" and 399,210, entitled "Probe Card Assembly;" as well as two actions we filed in 2006 in Seoul Central District Court against Phicom alleging infringement of certain claims of
our Korean Patent No. 252,457. Our complaints seek injunctive relief. These actions are all pending, except that the Seoul Central District Court has denied our request for the issuance of
preliminary injunctive relief in our 2006 injunction action.

In
response to our infringement actions, Phicom filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, or KIPO, invalidity actions challenging the validity of some or all of the claims of
each of our four patents at issue in the Seoul District Court infringement actions. KIPO dismissed Phicom's challenges against all four of the patents-at-issue. Phicom appealed
the dismissals of the challenges to the Korean Patent Court. The Korean Patent Court has issued rulings holding invalid certain claims of our Korean Patent Nos. 278,342, 399,210, and 324,064,
and also issued a ruling upholding the validity of our Korean Patent No. 252,457. We have appealed the Patent Court invalidity rulings to the Korea Supreme Court. Phicom has appealed the Patent
Court ruling on Korean Patent No. 252,457 to the Korea Supreme Court. In September 2007, the Korea Supreme Court affirmed the Patent Court rulings

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holding
invalid certain claims of our Korean Patent Nos. 278,342 and 399,210. The Korea Supreme Court has not ruled on our appeal of the Patent Court invalidity ruling regarding our Korean
Patent No. 324,064 and Phicom's appeal of the Patent Court ruling upholding our Korean Patent No. 252,457.

We
have also initiated patent infringement litigation in the United States against Phicom and Micronics Japan Co., Ltd. In 2005, we filed a patent infringement lawsuit in
the United States District Court for the District of Oregon against Phicom charging that it is willfully infringing four U.S. patents that cover key aspects of our wafer probe cardsU.S.
Patent Nos. 5,974,662, entitled "Method of Planarizing Tips of Probe Elements of a Probe Card Assembly," 6,246,247, entitled "Probe Card Assembly and Kit, and Methods of Using Same," 6,624,648,
entitled "Probe Card Assembly" and 5,994,152, entitled "Fabricating Interconnects and Tips Using Sacrificial Substrates." In 2006, we also filed an amended complaint in the same Oregon district court
that adds two additional patents to the litigation against PhicomU.S. Patent Nos. 7,073,254, entitled "Method for Mounting a Plurality of Spring Contact Elements" and 6,615,485,
entitled "Probe Card Assembly and Kit, And Methods of Making Same." Phicom has answered the complaint and the amended complaint by denying infringement, alleging defenses and asserting counterclaims
seeking adjudications on the validity and enforceability of our patents and whether Phicom is infringing those patents. Also in 2006, we filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States
District Court for the Northern District of California against Micronics Japan charging that it is willfully infringing four U.S. patents that cover key aspects of our wafer probe
cardsU.S. Patent Nos. 6,246,247, entitled "Probe Card Assembly and Kit, and Methods of Using Same," 6,509,751, entitled "Planarizer for a Semiconductor Contactor," 6,624,648,
entitled "Probe Card Assembly" and 7,073,254, entitled "Method for Mounting a Plurality of Spring Contact Elements." Micronics Japan has answered the complaint by denying infringement, alleging
defenses and asserting counterclaims seeking adjudications on the validity and enforceability of our patents and whether Micronics Japan is infringing those patents. The complaints in these actions
seek both injunctive relief and monetary damages. These district court actions are stayed pending resolution of our complaint that we filed with the United States International Trade Commission, which
is described below.

On
or about November 13, 2007, we filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission, or ITC, seeking institution of a formal investigation by the United
States government into the activities of Micronics Japan and Phicom, and their respective U.S. subsidiaries. The requested investigation encompasses U.S. Patent Nos. 5,994,152, entitled
"Fabricating Interconnects and Tips Using Sacrificial Substrates," 6,509,751, entitled "Planarizer for a Semiconductor Contactor," 6,615,485, entitled "Probe Card Assembly and Kit, And Methods of
Making Same," 6,624,648, entitled "Probe Card Assembly," 7,168,162, entitled "Method of Manufacturing a Probe Card" and 7,225,538, entitled
"Resilient Contact Structures Formed and Then Attached to a Substrate," and alleges that infringement by each of Micronics Japan and Phicom of certain of the identified patents constitute unfair acts
in violation of 19 U.S.C. Section 1337. In the ITC complaint, we allege violations of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States of certain probe
card assemblies, components thereof and certain tested DRAM and NAND flash memory devices and products containing same that infringe patents owned by FormFactor, and request a permanent exclusion
order banning importation of infringing products into the United States.

On
or about December 13, 2007, the ITC provided public notice that it voted to institute an investigation of certain probe card assemblies, components thereof and certain tested
DRAM and NAND flash memory devices and products containing same. The products at issue in this investigation are probe card assemblies, which are used to test semiconductor devices that have been
fabricated on silicon wafers, memory chips that have been so tested, and products containing such chips.

By
instituting this investigation (337-TA-621), the ITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. The case will be referred to the Honorable Theodore R. Essex, an
ITC administrative law judge, who will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of Section 337; that

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initial
determination is subject to review by the Commission. The ITC will make a final determination in the investigation at the earliest practicable time. The ITC has announced a target hearing date
of September 8, 2008. ITC remedial orders in Section 337 cases are effective when issued and become final 60 days after issuance unless disapproved for policy reasons by the U.S.
Trade Representative within that 60-day period. We are in the discovery phase of the ITC proceeding.

Additionally,
one or more third parties have initiated challenges in foreign patent offices against other of our patents. These actions include proceedings filed in Korea against two of
our Korean patents and proceedings filed in Taiwan against four of our Taiwan patents.



On October 31, 2007, a plaintiff filed a purported stockholder class action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in
which our company and certain of our current officers, including one officer who is a director, are named as defendants under the caption "Danny McCasland, Individually and on Behalf of All Others
Similarly Situated v. FormFactor, Inc., Igor Y. Khandros, Ronald C. Foster and Richard M. Freeman." Subsequently, plaintiffs filed two other purported stockholder class
actions in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California under the captions "Yuk Ling Lui, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. FormFactor, Inc.,
Igor Y. Khandros, Ronald C. Foster and Richard M. Freeman," and "Victor Albertazzi, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. FormFactor, Inc., Igor Y.
Khandros, Ronald C. Foster and Richard M. Freeman." The three actions have been consolidated. The plaintiffs filed these actions following our company's restatement of its financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2006, for each of the fiscal quarters for that year, and for the fiscal quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2007. The plaintiffs
claim violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a), and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, alleging that the defendants knowingly issued materially false and
misleading statements regarding our company's business and financial results prior to the restatements. The plaintiffs seek to recover unspecified monetary damages, equitable relief and attorneys'
fees and costs.



On November 19, 2007, a plaintiff filed a purported stockholder derivative action in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of
Alameda in which our company is named as a nominal defendant and certain of our directors and officers are named as defendants under the caption "John King, Derivatively on Behalf of Nominal Defendant
FormFactor, Inc. v. Dr. Igor Y. Khandros, Dr. Homa Bahrami, Dr. Thomas J. Campbell, G. Carl Everett, Jr., Lothar Maier, James A.
Prestridge, Harvey A. Wagner, Ronald C. Foster and Richard M. Freeman, and FormFactor, Inc." Subsequently, another plaintiff filed a second purported stockholder class
action in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda under the caption "Joseph Priestley, Derivatively on Behalf of FormFactor, Inc. v. Igor Y. Khandros,
Mario Ruscev, James A. Prestridge, Thomas J. Campbell, Harvey A. Wagner, G. Carl Everett, Jr., Homa Bahrami, Lothar Maier, William H. Davidow and
Joseph R. Bronson, and FormFactor, Inc." The plaintiffs filed these actions following our company's restatement of its financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2006,
for each of the fiscal quarters for that year, and for the fiscal quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2007. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties and
violated applicable law by issuing, and permitting our company to issue, materially false and misleading statements regarding our company's business and financial results prior to the restatements.
The plaintiffs seek to recover monetary damages, and attorneys' fees and costs.

We
believe that the factual allegations and circumstances underlying the legal proceedings in this Item 3 filed against us are without merit. We also believe that we do not have a
material monetary damages exposure in these legal proceedings that would individually or in the aggregate have a material

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adverse
effect on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations; however, these legal proceedings have been costly and it is possible we will incur significant, and possibly material,
attorneys' fees, which may not be covered by our insurance policies. These legal proceedings may also divert our management's time and attention away from business operations, which could prove to be
disruptive to our business operations. In addition, an unfavorable outcome or settlement of these proceedings, particularly if it is not covered by or exceeds our insurance coverage, could
individually or in the aggregate adversely impact our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.

Item 4:Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

None.

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PART II

Item 5:Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Price Range of Common Stock

Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "FORM". The following table sets forth the range of high and low sales prices per share as
reported on the Nasdaq Global Market for the periods indicated.

Fiscal 2007

High

LowFirst Quarter

$
47.91

$
37.42Second Quarter


46.61


38.50Third Quarter


48.48


36.53Fourth Quarter


47.25


30.90


|
|

Fiscal 2006

High

LowFirst Quarter

$
41.99

$
23.95Second Quarter


45.29


35.35Third Quarter


49.71


34.31Fourth Quarter


45.37


35.00


The
closing sales price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market was $24.66 per share on January 25, 2008. As of January 25, 2008, there were 82 registered holders
of record of our common stock.

Dividend Policy

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock. We currently expect to retain all available funds and any future earnings for use in the
operation and development of our business. Accordingly, we do not anticipate declaring or paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

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Stock Price Performance Graph

The following graph shows the total stockholder return of an investment of $100 in cash on June 12, 2003, the date our common stock began to trade on the
Nasdaq Global Market, through December 31, 2007, for (1) our common stock, (2) the S&P 500 Index and (3) the RDG Semiconductor Composite Index. All values assume
reinvestment of the full amount of all dividends. No cash dividends have been declared on shares of our common stock. Stockholder returns over the indicated period are based on historical data and are
not necessarily indicative of future stockholder returns.

GRAPH

|                            |  | Cumulative Total Return
|--------------------------- |  | -----------------------
|
|FormFactor, Inc.            |  | 100.00                 
|S & P 500                   |  | 100.00                 
|RDG Semiconductor Composite |  | 100.00                 

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Item 6:Selected Financial Data

The following selected consolidated financial data are derived from our consolidated financial statements This data should be read in conjunction with our
consolidated financial statements and the related notes, and "Item 7: Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations".

|                                                                  |                                     | Fiscal
2007(1)(2)        |         | Fiscal
2006(2) |         | Fiscal
2005(3) |        | Fiscal
2004 |         | Fiscal
2003 |       
|----------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------- | -------------- | ------- | -------------- | ------ | ----------- | ------- | ----------- | ------
|
|Consolidated Statements of Income Data:                           |                                     |                          |         |                |         |                |        |             |         |             |       
|Revenues                                                          |                                     | $                        | 462,191 |                | $       | 369,213        |        | $           | 237,495 |             | $     
|Cost of revenues                                                  |                                     |                          | 215,484 |                |         | 184,087        |        |             | 130,102 |             |       
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |         |                |         |                |        |             |         |             |       
|Gross margin                                                      |                                     |                          | 246,707 |                |         | 185,126        |        |             | 107,393 |             |       
|Operating expenses                                                |                                     |                          |         |                |         |                |        |             |         |             |       
|                                                                  | Research and development            |                          |         | 60,951         |         |                | 46,608 |             |         | 28,348      |       
|                                                                  | Selling, general and administrative |                          |         | 92,552         |         |                | 71,540 |             |         | 43,744      |       
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |         |                |         |                |        |             |         |             |       
|                                                                  |                                     | Total operating expenses |         |                | 153,503 |                |        | 118,148     |         |             | 72,092
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |         |                |         |                |        |             |         |             |       
|Operating income                                                  |                                     |                          | 93,204  |                |         | 66,978         |        |             | 35,301  |             |       
|Interest income, net                                              |                                     |                          | 22,508  |                |         | 15,183         |        |             | 4,282   |             |       
|Other income (expense), net                                       |                                     |                          | 528     |                |         | 204            |        |             | (1,091  | )           |       
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |         |                |         |                |        |             |         |             |       
|Income before income taxes                                        |                                     |                          | 116,240 |                |         | 82,365         |        |             | 38,492  |             |       
|Provision for income taxes                                        |                                     |                          | 43,350  |                |         | 25,148         |        |             | 8,310   |             |       
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |         |                |         |                |        |             |         |             |       
|Net income                                                        |                                     |                          | 72,890  |                |         | 57,217         |        |             | 30,182  |             |       
|Preferred stock dividend                                          |                                     |                          |        |                |         |               |        |             |        |             |       
|Amount allocated to participating preferred stockholders          |                                     |                          |        |                |         |               |        |             |        |             |       
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |         |                |         |                |        |             |         |             |       
|Net income available to common stockholders                       |                                     | $                        | 72,890  |                | $       | 57,217         |        | $           | 30,182  |             | $     
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |         |                |         |                |        |             |         |             |       
|Net income per share available to common stockholders:            |                                     |                          |         |                |         |                |        |             |         |             |       
|                                                                  | Basic                               |                          | $       | 1.52           |         | $              | 1.27   |             | $       | 0.76        |       
|                                                                  | Diluted                             |                          | $       | 1.47           |         | $              | 1.21   |             | $       | 0.73        |       
|Weighted-average number of shares used in per share calculations: |                                     |                          |         |                |         |                |        |             |         |             |       
|                                                                  | Basic                               |                          |         | 48,044         |         |                | 45,172 |             |         | 39,547      |       
|                                                                  | Diluted                             |                          |         | 49,557         |         |                | 47,193 |             |         | 41,590      |       
|Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:                                  |                                     |                          |         |                |         |                |        |             |         |             |       
|Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities                  |                                     | $                        | 570,046 |                | $       | 492,394        |        | $           | 211,608 |             | $     
|Working capital                                                   |                                     |                          | 622,093 |                |         | 517,218        |        |             | 232,110 |             |       
|Total assets                                                      |                                     |                          | 855,322 |                |         | 694,473        |        |             | 381,361 |             |       
|Deferred stock based compensation, net                            |                                     |                          |        |                |         |               |        |             | (2,495  | )           |       
|Total stockholders' equity                                        |                                     |                          | 756,950 |                |         | 614,041        |        |             | 317,789 |             |       

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Item 7:Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our
consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition to historical consolidated financial information, the
following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions as described under the "Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" that appears
earlier in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors,
including those discussed under "Item 1A: Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Overview

We design, develop, manufacture, sell and support precision, high performance advanced semiconductor wafer probe cards. Semiconductor manufacturers use our wafer
probe cards to perform wafer sort and test on the semiconductor die, or chips, on the whole semiconductor wafer, prior to singulation of the wafer into individual chips. During wafer sort and test, a
wafer probe card is mounted in a prober, which is in turn connected to a semiconductor tester, and the wafer probe card is used as an interface to connect electronically with and test individual chips
on a wafer. Our wafer probe cards are used by our customers in the front end of the semiconductor manufacturing process, as are our parametric or in-line probe cards. We work closely with our
customers to design, develop and manufacture custom wafer probe cards. Each wafer probe card is a custom product that is specific to the chip and wafer designs of the customer. At the core of our
product offering are our proprietary technologies, including our MicroSpring interconnect technology and design processes. Our MicroSpring interconnect technology includes a resilient contact element
manufactured at our production facilities in Livermore, California. We operate in a single industry segment and have derived substantially all of our revenues from the sale of wafer probe cards
incorporating our MicroSpring interconnect technology.

We
were formed in 1993 and in 1995 introduced our first commercial product. During 1996, we introduced the industry's first memory wafer probe card capable of testing up to 32 devices in
parallel. In fiscal 2007, we achieved a number of product milestones, including the introduction of our TrueScale probe cards for testing wire bond logic and system-on-chip devices for mobile consumer
and
automotive applications, and the delivery of our first 300 mm, one touchdown wafer-level burn-in probe cards incorporating our Harmony architecture for testing DRAM devices. We also made progress
toward achieving efficient volume production for our Harmony architecture-based products, reduced lead times and delivered certain Harmony-based products for testing DRAM devices to some of our
customers, which are being used in commercial volume. Our revenues increased from $1.1 million in fiscal 1995 to $462.2 million in fiscal 2007.

In
fiscal 2007, we benefited from semiconductor manufacturers' strong demand for our advanced wafer test products as global semiconductor device production increased. Overall, our
revenue grew for our products that address the DRAM market, driven primarily by the continued ramp of 70 nanometer technology nodes at our DRAM customers, as well as our customers' transition to one
gigabit DDR2 devices. Additionally, applications such as mobile RAM and graphic RAM contributed to our DRAM revenue growth. Strong demand from existing customers fueled both NOR and NAND flash growth.
For KGD devices, we saw higher adoption of our HFTAP product largely driven by the demand for mobile devices, such as NOR, specialty NAND, mobile RAM and PSRAM for at-speed testing. Demand
for our wafer level burn-in products grew as customers moved more burn-in of their devices to the wafer level. Revenues for our products that address the logic market grew as a
result of the new technology node transition for area array flip-chip microprocessor products and the introduction of our new probe cards for higher parallelism probing of wire bond
devices.

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Our
customers operate in the highly cyclical semiconductor industry and are subject to significant fluctuations in the demand for their products. Because of the nature of our customers
and our business, our revenue growth is driven in significant part by the number of new semiconductor designs that our customers develop the technology transitions involved in these designs and our
customers' production volumes. In the past, this has resulted in our being subject to demand fluctuations that have resulted in significant variations of revenues, expenses and results of operations
in the periods presented. We expect these fluctuations and the resulting variations in our financial results, to continue in future periods.

We
completed fiscal 2007 with fourth quarter revenues decreasing 4% to $120.5 million when compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2007. The slower fourth quarter was largely due
to deteriorating semiconductor market conditions, particularly in the DRAM market. We expect the deteriorating market conditions for our semiconductor customers to continue in fiscal 2008 with, for
example, DRAM semiconductor revenue declining significantly due to the protracted oversupply, and some of our DRAM customers delaying probe card purchases. In addition, while we have successfully
qualified and delivered certain Harmony architecture-based wafer probe cards that are being used by some of our customers in commercial volume for testing semiconductor devices and reduced
manufacturing lead times, we are continuing to experience the effects of the new product execution challenges for our Harmony-based products that we experienced in fiscal 2007, which have contributed
to a more difficult competitive environment. To better align our company with the market environment, we announced on
February 5, 2008 our commitment to implement a cost reduction plan that will include reducing our global workforce by approximately 14%.

The
majority of our sales are directly to semiconductor manufacturers. In fiscal 2007, sales to four customers accounted for 63.0% of our revenues. Because the semiconductor industry is
a relatively concentrated industry, we believe that sales to a limited number of customers will continue to account for a substantial part of our business. We generally have limited backlog and
therefore we rely upon orders that are booked and shipped in the same quarter for about half of our revenues. Our backlog was $46.8million and $47.4 million at December 29, 2007 and
December 30, 2006, respectively. We manufacture our wafer probe cards based on order backlog and customer commitments. In addition, due to our customers' short delivery time requirements, we at
times produce our products in anticipation of demand for our products. Backlog includes only orders for which written authorizations have been accepted, shipment dates within 12 months have
been assigned and revenue has not been recognized. In addition, backlog includes service revenue for existing product service agreements to be earned within the next 12 months. In addition to
direct sales we also had sales to our distributor in prior years. Sales to our distributor were 1.0%, 1.6%and 23.0% of our revenues in fiscal 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively. Currently, we have one
distributor, Spirox Corporation, which serves Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and the People's Republic of China. We also have the ability to sell our products directly to customers in these regions.
Prior to October 2005, we sold our products in Taiwan through Spirox. In October 2005, we transitioned to a direct sales and service model in Taiwan.

Management
focuses on various external measures that impact our performance, including for example, semiconductor manufacturer technology transitions, semiconductor manufacturing wafer
fabrication facility expansions, semiconductor device architecture changes and implementations, and new market developments.

We
believe the following information is key to understanding our business, our financial statements and the remainder of this discussion and analysis of our financial condition and
results of operations:

Fiscal Year.Fiscal years ended December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006 had 52 weeks each. The fiscal
year ended December 31, 2005 had 53 weeks. Our fiscal year ends on the last Saturday in December.

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Revenues.We derive substantially all of our revenues from product sales of wafer probe cards. Increases in revenues have
resulted from increased demand for our existing products, the introduction of new, more complex products and the penetration of new markets. Revenues from our customers are subject to quarterly,
annual and other fluctuations due to design cycles, technology adoption rates and cyclicality of the different end markets into which our customers' products are sold. We expect that
revenues from the sale of wafer probe cards will continue to account for substantially all of our revenues for the foreseeable future.

Cost of Revenues.Cost of revenues consists primarily of manufacturing materials, payroll and manufacturing-related overhead.
In addition, cost of revenues also includes costs related to the start up of our new manufacturing facility, which was completed in early 2006 and costs of the expansion of our manufacturing facility
which was completed in 2007. Our manufacturing operations rely upon a limited number of suppliers to provide key components and materials for our products, some of which are a sole source. We order
materials and supplies based on backlog and forecasted customer orders. Tooling and setup costs related to changing manufacturing lots at our suppliers are also included in the cost of revenues. We
expense all warranty costs and inventory provisions or write-offs of inventory as cost of revenues.

We
design, manufacture and sell a fully custom product into the semiconductor test market, which is subject to significant variability and demand fluctuations. Our wafer probe cards are
complex products that are custom to a specific chip design and must be delivered on relatively short lead-times as compared to our overall manufacturing process. As our advanced wafer
probe cards are manufactured in low volumes and must be delivered on relatively short lead-times, it is not uncommon for us to acquire production materials and start certain production
activities based on estimated production yields and forecasted demand prior to or in excess of actual demand for our wafer probe cards. We record an adjustment to our inventory valuation for estimated
obsolete and non-saleable inventories equal to the difference between the cost of inventories and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand and market
conditions. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write down would be required. Once established, the original cost of our inventory
less the related inventory valuation adjustments represents the new cost basis of such products. Reversal of these write downs is recognized only when the related inventory has been scrapped or sold.

Research and Development.Research and development expenses include expenses related to product development, engineering and
material costs. Almost all research and development costs are expensed as incurred. We plan to continue to invest a significant amount in research and development activities to develop new
technologies for current and new markets and new applications in the future. We expect these expenses to scale with revenue growth.

Selling, General and Administrative.Selling, general and administrative expenses include expenses related to sales,
marketing, and administrative personnel, internal and outside sales representatives' commissions, market research and consulting, and other sales, marketing, and administrative activities. These
expenses also include costs for enforcing our patent rights and regulatory compliance costs. We expect that selling expenses will increase as revenues increase and we expect that general and
administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars to support future revenue growth.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these financial statements and related disclosures requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of net revenue and expenses in the reporting

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period.
We regularly evaluate our estimates and assumptions related to allowances for doubtful receivables, inventories, marketable securities, income taxes, warranty obligations, contingencies,
litigation and accrual for other liabilities. We base our estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the
circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the accrual of costs and expenses that are not readily apparent from
other sources. The actual results experienced by us may differ materially and adversely from our estimates. To the extent there are material differences between our estimates and the actual results,
our future results of operations will be affected.

We
believe that the following are critical accounting policies:

Revenue RecognitionWe recognize revenue when title and risk of loss have passed to the customer, there is persuasive
evidence of an arrangement, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, the sales price is fixed or determinable, and collectibility of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured.
Revenues from product sales to customers other than distributors are recognized upon shipment or delivery depending on the terms of sale. Although our distributor has no price protection rights or
rights to return product, other than for warranty claims, we defer recognition of revenue and related cost of revenues, on a gross basis, from our distributor until our distributor confirms an order
from our customer.

In
multiple element arrangements, we determine whether there is more than one unit of accounting. To the extent that the deliverables are separable into multiple units of accounting, we
then allocate the total fee on such arrangements to the individual units of accounting based on verifiable objective evidence of fair value using the residual method. We recognize revenue for each
unit of accounting depending on the nature of the deliverable(s) comprising the unit of accounting.

We
offer product maintenance and repair arrangements to our customers. Amounts due from our customers under these arrangements are initially recorded as deferred revenues. The fees are
recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the service period and related costs are recorded as incurred.

Revenues
from the licensing of our design and manufacturing technology, which have been insignificant to date, are recognized over the term of the license agreement or when the
significant contractual obligations have been fulfilled.

Warranty Accrual.We provide for the estimated cost of product warranties at the time revenue is recognized. While we engage
in extensive product quality programs and processes, including actively monitoring and evaluating the quality of our component suppliers, our warranty obligation is affected by product failure rates,
material usage and service delivery costs incurred in correcting a product failure. We continuously monitor product returns for warranty and maintain a reserve for the related expenses based upon our
historical experience and any specifically identified field failures. As we sell new products to our customers, we must exercise considerable judgment in estimating the expected failure rates. This
estimating process is based on historical experience of similar products, as well as various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Should actual product failure
rates, material usage or service delivery costs differ from our estimates, revisions to the estimated warranty liability would be required.

From
time to time, we may be subject to additional costs related to warranty claims from our customers. This additional warranty would be recorded in the determination of net income in
the period in which the additional cost was identified.

Inventory Valuation.We state our inventories at the lower of cost (principally standard cost which approximates actual cost
on a first in, first out basis) or market. We record adjustments to our

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inventory
valuation for estimated obsolescence or non-saleable inventories equal to the difference between the cost of inventories and the estimated market value based upon assumptions
about future demand and market conditions. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory reserves may be required. Inventory write downs once
established are not reversed until the related inventory has been scrapped or sold.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of.We account for the
impairment of long-lived assets in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standard, or SFAS, No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived
Assets". We evaluate the carrying value of our long-lived assets whenever certain events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of these assets may not be
recoverable. Such events or circumstances include, but are not limited to, a prolonged industry downturn, a significant decline in our market value or significant reductions in projected future cash
flows.

Significant
judgments and assumptions are required in the forecast of future operating results used in the preparation of the estimated future cash flows, including profit margins,
long-term
forecasts of the amounts and timing of overall market growth and our percentage of that market, groupings of assets, discount rates and terminal growth rates. In addition, significant estimates and
assumptions are required in the determination of the fair value of our tangible long-lived assets, including replacement cost, economic obsolescence, and the value that could be realized
in orderly liquidation. Changes in these estimates could have a material adverse effect on the assessment of our long-lived assets, thereby requiring us to write down the assets.

Accounting for Income Taxes.We adopted FIN 48 on December 31, 2006, the first day of the first quarter of
fiscal 2007. FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax
return that results in a tax benefit. Additionally, FIN 48 provides guidance on de-recognition, statement of operations classification of interest and penalties, accounting in
interim periods, disclosure, and transition. As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, our tax assets and liabilities did not differ from the assets and liabilities before adoption;
therefore, we did not record any adjustments as of the adoption date. In addition, consistent with the provisions of FIN 48, we reclassified $9.8 million of income tax liabilities from
current to non-current liabilities because payment of cash is not anticipated within one year of the balance sheet date and we are unable to make a reasonably reliable estimate when cash
settlement with a taxing authority will occur. At the adoption date of December 31, 2006, we had $16.7 million of total gross unrecognized tax benefit of which $14.0 million (net
of the federal impact on state benefit) of unrecognized tax benefits would impact our effective tax rate if recognized. See Note 8Income Taxes, for additional information.

We
continue to recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense.

As
part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes. This process involves estimating our actual current tax exposure
together with assessing temporary differences that may result in deferred tax assets. Management judgment is required in determining any valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax
assets. Any such valuation allowance would be based on our estimates of income and the period over which our deferred tax assets would be recoverable. While management has considered taxable income
and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the need for a valuation allowance, if we were to determine that we would not be able to realize all or part of our net deferred
tax assets in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax assets would result in additional income tax expense in such period.

Given
our increasing levels of profitability, we concluded that it is more likely than not that we will be able to realize all of our domestic deferred tax assets. For the deferred tax
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foreign
net operating losses we have concluded that it is more likely than not that this asset will not be utilized and therefore, we have recorded a full valuation allowance for those deferred tax
assets.

We
calculate our current and deferred tax provision based on estimates and assumptions that could differ from the actual results reflected in income tax returns filed. Differences
between our tax provision and tax return may occur and such adjustments are recorded when identified.

The
amount of income taxes we pay is subject to ongoing audits by federal, state and foreign tax authorities which might result in proposed assessments. Our estimate for the potential
outcome for any uncertain tax issue is judgmental in nature. However, we believe we have adequately provided for any reasonable foreseeable outcome related to those matters. Our future results may
include favorable or unfavorable adjustments to our estimated tax liabilities in the period the assessments are made or resolved or when statutes of limitation on potential assessments expire.

Stock-Based Compensation.Effective January 1, 2006, we implemented SFAS 123 (R) with regard to equity
based compensation. As such, we began accounting for stock options and shares issued under our employee stock purchase plan ("ESPP") under SFAS 123 (R), which requires the recognition of the
fair value of equity based compensation. The fair value of stock options and ESPP shares are estimated using a Black-Scholes option valuation model. This model requires us to make assumptions in
implementing SFAS 123 (R), including expected stock price volatility, estimated life and estimated forfeitures of each award. The fair value of equity-based awards is amortized over the
requisite service period, generally the vesting period of the award, and we have elected to use the straight-line method. We make quarterly assessments of the adequacy of the additional
paid-in capital pool ("APIC pool") to determine if there are any tax shortfalls which require recognition in the condensed consolidated income statements. Prior to the implementation of
SFAS 123 (R), we accounted for stock options and ESPP shares under the provisions of Accounting Principles Board ("APB") Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" and
made pro forma footnote disclosures as required by SFAS No. 148, "Accounting for Stock-Based CompensationTransition and Disclosure," which amended SFAS 123, "Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation." Pro forma net income and pro forma net income per share disclosed in the footnotes to the condensed consolidated financial statements were estimated using a Black-Scholes
option valuation model. Under APB Opinion No. 25, SFAS 123 and SFAS 123 (R), the fair value of restricted stock units was calculated based upon the fair market value of our common
stock at the date of grant.

We
have elected to adopt the alternative transition method provided under the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Staff Position No. FAS 123
(R)-3 "Transition Election Related to Accounting for Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards." The alternative transition method includes simplified methods to establish the beginning
balance of the APIC pool related to the tax effects of employee stock-based compensation, and to determine the subsequent impact on the APIC pool and consolidated statements of cash flows of the tax
effects of employee stock-based compensation awards that are outstanding upon adoption of SFAS 123 (R).

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth our operating results as a percentage of revenues:

Fiscal
2007

Fiscal
2006

Fiscal
2005Revenues

100.0
%
100.0
%
100.0
%Cost of revenues

46.6

49.9

54.8Gross margin

53.4

50.1

45.2Operating expenses:Research and development

13.2

12.6

11.9Selling, general and administrative

20.0

19.4

18.4Total operating expenses

33.2

32.0

30.3Operating income

20.2

18.1

14.9Interest income, net

4.9

4.1

1.8Other income (expense), net

0.1

0.1

(0.5
)Income before income taxes

25.2

22.3

16.2Provision for income taxes

9.4

6.8

3.5Net income

15.8
%
15.5
%
12.7
%


Fiscal Years Ended December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006

Revenues

|                    |                | Fiscal
2007 |         | Fiscal
2006 |   | Increase
(decrease) |         | Change
% |       
|------------------- | -------------- | ----------- | ------- | ----------- | - | ------------------- | ------- | -------- | ------
|
|Revenues by Market: |                |             |         |             |   |                     |         |          |       
|DRAM                |                | $           | 328,019 |             | $ | 272,153             |         | $        | 55,866
|Flash               |                |             | 88,958  |             |   | 58,162              |         |          | 30,796
|Logic               |                |             | 45,214  |             |   | 38,898              |         |          | 6,316 
|                    |                |             |         |             |   |                     |         |          |       
|                    | Total revenues |             | $       | 462,191     |   | $                   | 369,213 |          | $     
|                    |                |             |         |             |   |                     |         |          |       

Revenues
increased 25.2% in fiscal 2007 compared to fiscal 2006.

Our
revenues for fiscal 2007 were primarily generated by sales of wafer probe cards to manufacturers of DRAM devices, which accounted for more than half of our revenue growth in fiscal
2007. The increase was driven by accelerated tooling cycles for probe cards as a result of our customers' continued migration to 70 nanometer nodes to reduce their cost of test and improve
productivity, and by volume production ramps for 1 Gb devices. Additionally applications such as mobile RAM and graphic RAM contributed to our DRAM revenue growth. The increase in DRAM revenues was
offset by a seasonal weakness in the mobile DRAM business due to decreased demand for mobile and consumer applications. In the fourth quarter, the increase in DRAM revenues was also offset in part due
to early execution issues with our Harmony architecture-based DRAM products. Approximately 75% of our DRAM revenues for fiscal 2007 were derived from 80 nanometer and below technology products
compared to 14% for fiscal 2006.

Revenues
from sales to flash memory device manufacturers increased mainly due to increased demand for our NOR flash wafer probe cards by a significant customer whose
high-volume ramp resulted from the growing demand for consumer applications which utilize multi-chip packages. Revenues generated from sales to flash memory device
manufacturers also increased for our NAND flash wafer probe cards. Consumer applications which utilize multi-chip packages were a major driver

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for
both categories of flash devices. Semiconductors that are integrated into multi-chip packages often benefit from increased wafer level testing to validate device performance before
packaging.

Revenues
from manufacturers of logic devices increased primarily due to the new technology node transition for area array flip-chip microprocessor products and existing and key customers
engagements for our TrueScale applications in the mobile communications, digital consumer, and automotive controller markets.

Revenue by Geographic Region

|              |                | Fiscal
2007 |         | % of
Revenues |      | Fiscal
2006 |   | % of
Revenues |        
|------------- | -------------- | ----------- | ------- | ------------- | ---- | ----------- | - | ------------- | -------
|
|North America |                | $           | 82,085  |               | 17.8 | %           | $ | 109,037       |        
|Europe        |                |             | 31,105  |               | 6.7  |             |   | 25,965        |        
|Japan         |                |             | 194,309 |               | 42.0 |             |   | 110,767       |        
|Asia Pacific  |                |             | 154,692 |               | 33.5 |             |   | 123,444       |        
|              |                |             |         |               |      |             |   |               |        
|              | Total revenues |             | $       | 462,191       |      | 100.0       | % | $             | 369,213
|              |                |             |         |               |      |             |   |               |        

Geographic
revenue information is based on the location to which we send the customer invoices. For example, certain Korean customers purchase through their North American subsidiaries
and accordingly, revenues derived from sales to such customers are reflected in North America revenues. The decrease in revenues in North America was due primarily to decreased sales related to
product transitions combined with decreased customer demand resulting from new product delays. The increase in the percentage of revenues in Japan was primarily due to increased demand from one
customer as a result of a major 70 nanometer and 1 GB tooling cycle. The increase in percentage of revenues in Asia Pacific was primarily due to growth in our business with Taiwan and Korean customers
and strong demand related to 70 nanometer and 1 GB transitions. Revenues in Europe were primarily flat year over year as a percent of total revenue.

Gross Margin

Fiscal
2007

Fiscal
2006(In thousands)Gross margin

$
246,707

$
185,126% of revenues


53.4
%

50.1
%


The
increase in gross margin in fiscal 2007 compared with fiscal 2006 was primarily due to higher revenues combined with improved factory productivity, cost reductions and lower charges
for inventory reserves which in turn improved gross margin percentage. These improvements were partially offset by higher warranty expense associated with the introduction of a new product technology
and in the fourth quarter, by lower production levels. Excess custom probe card inventory write-downs decreased from $17.6 million or 4.8% of revenues in fiscal 2006 to $12.7 million or
2.7% of revenues in fiscal 2007 due to cycle time reductions, increase in yields and improvement in our order fulfillment process. Excess custom inventories are not uncommon for us as our advanced
wafer probe cards are custom designs manufactured in low volumes and must be delivered on relatively short lead-times, which requires us to acquire production materials and start certain
production activities based on estimated production yields and forecasted demand prior to or in excess of actual demand for our wafer probe cards. Gross margin for fiscal 2007 includes additional
stock-based compensation expense of $5.4 million, or 1.2% of revenue, compared to, $4.3 million, or 1.2% of revenue for fiscal 2006, due to the adoption of FAS 123(R) in the first
quarter of fiscal 2006.

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Research and Development

Fiscal
2007

Fiscal
2006(In thousands)Research and Development

$
60,951

$
46,608% of revenues


13.2
%

12.6
%


Research
and development expenses increased for fiscal 2007 as compared to fiscal 2006 primarily due to an increase in personnel, new technology, product development related costs and
facility expansion. Personnel costs increased $6.1 million due to increased headcount while expenses related to new technology and product development increased $6.4 million. Facilities
related costs and depreciation increased $1.8 million due to new investment in R&D equipment and facilities expansion at our Livermore facilities while stock-based compensation remained fairly
consistent for the same periods. We are continuing the development of our next generation parallelism architecture and products, fine pitch memory and logic products, advanced MicroSpring interconnect
technology and new process technologies. We are also making incremental investments in new technologies and products as we focus on new market opportunities.

Selling, General and Administrative

Fiscal
2007

Fiscal
2006(In thousands)Selling, general and administrative

$
92,552

$
71,540% of revenues


20.0
%

19.4
%


Selling,
general and administrative expenses increased for fiscal 2007 as compared to fiscal 2006 due to increases in expenses related to personnel costs, facilities expansion, outside
legal and other professional fees and stock-based compensation. Personnel costs increased $10.2 million primarily due to increased headcount while facilities related costs and depreciation
increased $0.8 million for fiscal 2007. Legal and other professional incurred for protecting our intellectual property portfolio, tax and accounting services, and other expenses increased
$6.7 million. In addition, stock-based compensation expense also increased $3.3 million primarily due to increased headcount and the one-time modification charge of
$1.4 million, incurred during the first quarter of fiscal 2007 resulting from the accelerated vesting of unvested stock options and restricted stock units in conjunction with the severance
agreement of our company's former President.

Interest and Other Income (Expense), Net

Fiscal
2007

Fiscal
2006(In thousands)Interest income (expense)

$
22,508

$
15,183% of revenues


4.9
%

4.1
%Other income (expense), net

$
528

$
204% of revenues


0.1
%

0.1
%


The
increase in interest income was due to larger cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities balances throughout fiscal 2007compared to fiscal 2006 while yields remained relatively
flat. Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities increased to $572.3 million at December 29, 2007 compared to $494.6 million at December 30, 2006.
Other income for both fiscal 2007 and 2006 was mainly comprised of foreign currency gains, primarily related to Japanese Yen, and other expense.

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Provision for Income Taxes

Fiscal
2007

Fiscal
2006(In thousands)Provision for income taxes

$
43,350

$
25,148Effective tax rate


37.3
%

30.5
%


Our
effective income tax rate was 37.3% in fiscal year 2007 and 30.5% in fiscal 2006. The fiscal 2007 provision was impacted by tax charges related to our plan to align the structure of
our worldwide affiliates with the geographic mix of our customers. To effect this alignment, we initiated the first phase of our current plan to establish operations in Singapore to provide
operational and financial services to the region. A significant element of the new structure involves the sharing of certain expenses related to the ongoing development of intangible property. Tax
charges to implement the new structure impacted the fiscal 2007 effective tax rate by approximately 7 percentage points. These charges consisted primarily of royalty prepayments associated with
the buy-in for our transfer of intellectual property to Singapore that will be taxed in the U. S. and the loss of certain U.S. tax deductions related to research and development and
certain other administration expenses. We anticipate that our effective tax rate will be in the mid 30% range in fiscal 2008 and 2009, and possibly a lower rate in future years, as we begins to
realize operational and tax efficiencies resulting from this alignment plan.

Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005

Revenues

|                    |  | Fiscal
2006 |         | Fiscal
2005 |   | Increase
(decrease) |  | Change
% |        
|------------------- |  | ----------- | ------- | ----------- | - | ------------------- |  | -------- | -------
|
|Revenues by Market: |  |             |         |             |   |                     |  |          |        
|DRAM                |  | $           | 272,153 |             | $ | 182,828             |  | $        | 89,325 
|Flash               |  |             | 58,162  |             |   | 31,640              |  |          | 26,522 
|Logic               |  |             | 38,898  |             |   | 23,027              |  |          | 15,871 
|                    |  |             |         |             |   |                     |  |          |        
|Total revenues      |  | $           | 369,213 |             | $ | 237,495             |  | $        | 131,718
|                    |  |             |         |             |   |                     |  |          |        

Revenues
increased 55.5% in fiscal 2006 compared to fiscal 2005. The increase was mainly driven by increased sales volume due to a variety of factors, including the increased demand for
mobile and consumer applications, increased design activity and bit growth, the transition to advanced technology nodes such as 90 nanometer and below, and the ongoing build-out of 300mm
factories.

The
majority of our revenues for fiscal 2006 were generated by sales of wafer probe cards to manufacturers of DRAM devices. The increase was primarily due to the ongoing transition to
advanced technology nodes, such as 90 nanometer and below, the conversion to DDR II and the ongoing build-out of 300mm factories. Approximately 80% of our DRAM revenues in fiscal 2006 were
derived from 90 nanometer and below technology products compared to 61% in fiscal 2005.

Revenues
generated from sales to flash memory device manufacturers increased for both our NAND and NOR flash wafer probe cards. Consumer applications which utilize multi-chip
packages were a major driver for both categories of flash devices.

Revenues
from manufacturers of logic devices increased primarily due to increased demand for high parallelism test products from existing and new customers. The majority of our logic
revenues in fiscal 2006 were derived from sales of wafer probe cards to test high performance flip chip microprocessor and chipset applications used in personal computer, gaming and graphics
applications.

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Revenue by Geographic Region

|               |  | Fiscal
2006 |         | % of
Revenues |       | Fiscal
2005 |   | % of
Revenues | 
|-------------- |  | ----------- | ------- | ------------- | ----- | ----------- | - | ------------- | 
|
|Japan          |  | $           | 109,037 |               | 29.5  | %           | $ | 81,214        | 
|Asia Pacific   |  |             | 25,965  |               | 7.0   |             |   | 22,746        | 
|North America  |  |             | 110,767 |               | 30.0  |             |   | 62,181        | 
|Europe         |  |             | 123,444 |               | 33.4  |             |   | 71,354        | 
|               |  |             |         |               |       |             |   |               | 
|Total revenues |  | $           | 369,213 |               | 100.0 | %           | $ | 237,495       | 
|               |  |             |         |               |       |             |   |               | 

Geographic
revenue information is based on the location to which we send the customer invoices. For example, certain Korean customers purchase through their North American subsidiaries
and accordingly, revenues derived from sales to such customers are reflected in North America revenues. The increase in revenues in North America was primarily driven by demand for wafer probe cards
used to test chips for consumer and mobile products. The increase in the percentage of revenues in Japan was primarily due to increased sales to a manufacturer of DRAM devices. The increase in
percentage of revenues in Asia Pacific was primarily due to growth in our business with Taiwan and Korean customers. The increase in revenues in Europe was primarily due to increased sales to a
manufacturer of DRAM devices in this region.

Gross Margin

Fiscal
2006

Fiscal
2005(In thousands)Gross margin

$
185,126

$
107,393% of revenues


50.1
%

45.2
%


The
increase in gross margin in fiscal 2006 compared with fiscal 2005 was primarily due to factory productivity, yield improvements and product mix enabling revenue growth, which in turn
improved gross margin percentage. The productivity gains and yield improvements were facilitated by the successful completion of the transition to our new factory early in fiscal 2006. Excess custom
probe card inventories increased inventory write-downs to $17.6 million or 4.8% of revenues in fiscal 2006, compared to $10.9 million or 4.6% in fiscal 2005. Excess custom inventories
are not uncommon for us as our advanced wafer probe cards are custom designs manufactured in low volumes and must be delivered on relatively short lead-times, which requires us to acquire
production materials and start certain production activities based on estimated production yields and forecasted demand prior to or in excess of actual demand for our wafer probe cards. Gross margin
for fiscal 2006 includes additional stock based compensation expense of $4.3 million, or 1.2% of revenue, due to the adoption of FAS 123(R) in the first quarter of fiscal 2006. Fiscal
2005 was impacted by factory start up costs of $12.2 million, or 5.1% of revenues.

Research and Development

Fiscal
2006

Fiscal
2005(In thousands)Research and Development

$
46,608

$
28,348% of revenues


12.6
%

11.9
%


The
increase in research and development expenses in absolute dollars was mainly due to an increase of approximately $8.0 million in personnel-related costs resulting from
increased headcount, an

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increase
of approximately $5.8 million in development related costs and an increase of $4.5 million in stock-based compensation expense due to the adoption of SFAS No. 123
(R) in the first quarter of fiscal 2006. We plan to continue to invest in the development of our next generation Harmony architecture and products, fine pitch memory and logic products,
advanced MicroSpring interconnect technology and new process technologies. We are also making incremental investments in new technologies and products as we focus on new market opportunities.

Selling, General and Administrative

Fiscal
2006

Fiscal
2005(In thousands)Selling, general and administrative

$
71,540

$
43,744% of revenues


19.4
%

18.4
%


The
increase in selling, general and administrative expenses in absolute dollars was mainly due to an increase of approximately $14.4 million in personnel-related expenses
resulting from increased headcount and an increase of $9.6 million in stock-based compensation expense due to the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) in the first quarter of fiscal 2006.

Interest and Other Income (Expense), Net

Fiscal
2006

Fiscal
2005(In thousands)Interest income (expense)

$
15,183

$
4,282% of revenues


4.1
%

1.8
%Other income (expense), net

$
204

$
(1,091
)% of revenues


0.1
%

(0.5
)%


The
increase in interest income was due to larger cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities balances throughout fiscal 2006 compared to fiscal 2005 and higher interest rates,
resulting in higher interest income earned. Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities increased to $494.6 million at December 30, 2006 compared to
$213.9 million at December 31, 2005. We completed an equity follow-on offering in March 2006, which resulted in net proceeds of $182.0 million. Other income for fiscal
2006 was mainly comprised of foreign currency gains and other expense for fiscal 2005 was mainly comprised of foreign currency losses, primarily related to Japanese Yen.

Provision for Income Taxes

Fiscal
2006

Fiscal
2005(In thousands)Provision for income taxes

$
25,148

$
8,310Effective tax rate


30.5
%

21.6
%


Our
annual effective tax rate for fiscal 2006 and 2005 was 30.5% and 21.6%, respectively. The increase in the tax rate between fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005 was primarily due to
non-deductible stock-based compensation expense resulting from the adoption of SFAS No. 123 (R) in 2006, as well as a $3.0 million benefit recorded in the third
quarter of fiscal 2005 related to a research and development tax credit study. In addition, our tax provisions for both 2006 and 2005 benefited from the expiration of the statute of limitations for
certain previously provided tax reserves.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of December 29, 2007, we had $570.0 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities compared to $492.4 million as of
December 30, 2006.

Net
cash provided by operating activities was $84.8 million for fiscal 2007 compared to $105.4 million for fiscal 2006 and $37.7 million for fiscal 2005. The
decrease in net cash provided by operations in fiscal 2007 compared to fiscal 2006, resulted primarily from the changes in assets and liabilities offset by the increase in net income and
non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization expense, stock-based compensation, deferred income taxes, provision for excess and obsolete inventory, and the prepayment of a
30 year prepaid lease offer for land that we plan to use for our Singapore facility.

Accounts
receivable increased by $14.9 million from fiscal 2006 to fiscal 2007 due to the increase in worldwide sales and timing of shipments to customers. For fiscal 2006 and
fiscal 2005 accounts receivable increased by $10.6 million and $19.0 million, respectively, also due to an overall increase in worldwide revenues. Our days sales outstanding from
receivables, or DSO, increased from 37 days at December 30, 2006 to 45 days at December 29, 2007 due to an increased mix of customers with longer standard payment terms.
DSO at December 31, 2005 was 41 days.

Cash
flows used for increase in inventories were $22.9 million in fiscal 2007 compared with $17.7 million for fiscal 2006 and $18.0 million for fiscal 2005. The
increase in inventories in fiscal 2007 is the result of an increase in raw materials primarily for the roll out of a new product line. The increases in fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005 resulted from
increased volume in business and strong demand for our products. Net inventory turns were 7.0, 9.3, and 8.8 in fiscal 2007, fiscal 2006, and fiscal 2005, respectively.

Other
assets increased $8.8 million for fiscal 2007 compared to an increase of $0.6 million for fiscal 2006. The increase resulted from a prepayment of approximately
$7.0 million for our 30-year prepaid land lease offer related to our Singapore manufacturing facility expansion. The land lease is classified as an operating lease and the
prepayment of approximately $7.0 million is amortized over the term of the land lease.

Cash
flows used for a decrease in accrued liabilities were $5.3 million for fiscal 2007 compared to cash flow provided by an increase of $10.9 million for fiscal 2006 and
an increase of $3.6 million for fiscal 2005. The fiscal 2007 cash flows used were primarily due to lower bonus and profit sharing accruals resulting from a mid-year payout. The
fiscal 2006 and 2005 cash flows provided were due primarily to increased accrued compensation and benefit related expenses.

Net
cash used by investing activities was $95.1 million for fiscal 2007 compared to $67.3 million for fiscal 2006 and $54.0 million for fiscal 2005. Capital
expenditures were $48.7 million for fiscal 2007, $38.1 million for fiscal 2006, and $28.3 million for fiscal 2005. In fiscal 2007, fiscal 2006, and fiscal 2005 we invested in the
capacity expansion of manufacturing facilities and service centers, our expansion into Singapore, leasehold improvements to our Livermore headquarters, information technology system upgrades, and new
product technology. In addition, the increase in purchases and decrease in sales and maturities of marketable securities contributed to net cash used in investing activities for the fiscal 2007, 2006
and 2005.

Net
cash provided by financing activities was $41.3 million for fiscal 2007 compared with $214.9 million for fiscal 2006 and $12.4 million for fiscal 2005. Net cash
provided by financing activities for fiscal 2007 consisted of $27.0 million in proceeds from the issuance of common stock resulting from the exercise of employee stock options,
$6.6 million in proceeds from purchases under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or ESPP, and $7.9 million in tax benefits related to the exercise of stock options. Net cash provided by
financing activities for fiscal 2006 was mainly due to $182.0 million of net proceeds received from an equity follow-on offering completed in March 2006 as well as proceeds of

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$16.0 million
received from the exercise of employee stock options and $4.5 million received from ESPP purchases. Tax benefits related to the exercise of stock options for fiscal 2006
were $12.5 million. Net cash provided by financing activities for fiscal 2005 was mainly due to proceeds received from the exercise of employee stock options. Upon the adoption of
SFAS 123(R) commencing in fiscal 2006 excess tax benefits from stock options is classified as a financing activity where as in 2005 it was included in cashflow from operating activities.

The
following table describes our commitments to settle contractual obligations in cash as of December 29, 2007:

|                               |       | Payments Due In
|------------------------------ | ----- | ---------------
|
|
|Operating leases               |       | $              
|Inventory purchase obligations |       |                
|                               |       |                
|                               | Total |                
|                               |       |                

The
table above excludes our liability for unrecognized tax benefits, which totaled $16.7 million as of December 29, 2007 and are classified as deferred and other
long-term tax liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of December 29, 2007, the settlement period for our income tax liabilities cannot be determined; however,
it is not expected to be due within the next twelve months.

We
believe that cash generated from operations, together with the liquidity provided by our existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, will be sufficient to meet our
anticipated cash needs for at least the next 12 months. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the timing and extent of spending to support product development
efforts, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, the cost of increasing manufacturing capacity to meet projected demand, including our current global expansion plans and the requirements of
any potential investments in, or acquisitions of, complementary businesses, products or technologies that we may enter into in the future. Depending upon our future capital requirements, we may seek
additional equity or debt financing. Additional funds may not be available on terms favorable to us or at all.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As part of our ongoing business, we do not participate in transactions that generate relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as
entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, or SPEs, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or
other contractually narrow or limited purposes. As of December 29, 2007, we were not involved in any unconsolidated SPE transactions.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

On December 21, 2007, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued Staff Accounting Bulletin ("SAB") No. 110, extending the use, under
certain circumstances, of the simplified method for developing an estimate of the expected term of share options. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of this issuance.

In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (R)Business Combinations. SFAS No. 141 (R) requires an acquirer to
measure the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at their fair values on the acquisition date, with goodwill being the excess value
over the net identifiable assets acquired. SFAS No. 141 (R) is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Early adoption is
prohibited. We

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have
not yet determined the effect on our consolidated financial statements, if any, upon adoption of SFAS No. 141 (R).

In
May 2007, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position ("FSP") FIN No. 48-1, "Definition of "Settlement" in FASB Interpretation No. 48" ("FSP FIN
No. 48-1"). FSP FIN No. 48-1 provides guidance on how a company should determine whether a tax position is effectively settled for the purpose of recognizing
previously unrecognized tax benefits. FSP FIN No. 48-1 is effective upon initial adoption of FIN No. 48, which we adopted in the first quarter of fiscal 2007.

In
February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159, "The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial LiabilitiesIncluding
an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115" which is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. This statement permits an entity to choose to measure many financial
instruments and certain other items at
fair value at specified election dates. Subsequent unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected will be reported in earnings. We are currently evaluating the
potential impact of this statement.

In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" ("SFAS No. 157"). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring
fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This statement does not require any new fair value measurements; rather,
it applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements. The provisions of this statement are to be applied prospectively as of the beginning of the fiscal year
in which this statement is initially applied, with any transition adjustment recognized as a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. The provisions of SFAS
No. 157 are effective for the fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007; however, in February 2008, FASB issued a staff position (FSP), ("FSP FAS 157-b") which,
delays the effective date of Statement 157 for one year for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. The FSP will not defer
recognition and disclosure requirements for financial assets and financial liabilities or for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities that are remeasured at least annually; therefore, we will
have to adopt this standard as of the beginning of fiscal 2008. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of this statement.

In
July 2006, the FASB issued EITF Issue No. 06-3, "How Taxes Collected from Customers and Remitted to Governmental Authorities Should be Presented in the Income
Statement (that is, Gross versus Net Presentation)." The adoption of EITF No. 06-3 did not have an impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. Our accounting policy
has been to present above mentioned taxes on a net basis, excluded from revenues.

Item 7A:Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk.We conduct certain operations in foreign currencies. We enter into currency forward exchange
contracts to hedge a portion, but not all, of existing foreign currency denominated amounts. Gains and losses on these contracts are generally recognized in income. Because the effect of movements in
currency exchange rates on the currency forward exchange contracts generally offsets the related effect on the underlying items being hedged, these financial instruments are not expected to subject us
to risks that would otherwise result from changes in currency exchange rates. We do not use derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. The Company recognized net gain of
$0.6 million for the year ended December 29, 2007, from the fluctuation in foreign exchange rates and the valuation of these hedge contracts in our financial statements under other
expense.

Interest Rate SensitivityOur exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our investment
portfolio. We invest in a number of securities including U.S. agency discount notes,

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municipal
bonds and notes and money market funds. We attempt to ensure the safety and preservation of our invested principal funds by limiting default risk, market risk and reinvestment risk. We
mitigate default risk by investing in high grade investment securities. By policy, we limit the amount of credit exposure to an issuer, except U.S. Treasuries and U.S. agencies. We do not use interest
rate derivative instruments to manage interest rate exposures nor do we invest for trading or speculative purposes. The fair market value of our fixed rate securities may be adversely impacted by
increases in interest rates while income earned on floating rate securities may decline as a result of decreases in interest rates. If overall interest rates had fallen by 10% in 2007, our as reported
interest income would have declined approximately $1.4 million, assuming consistent investment levels.

Item 8:Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Consolidated Financial Statements

The consolidated financial statements of FormFactor required by this item are included in the section entitled "Consolidated Financial Statements" of this Annual
Report on Form 10-K. See Item 15(a)(1) for a list of our consolidated financial statements.

Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

The following selected quarterly financial data should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and "Item 7:
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations". This information has been derived from our unaudited consolidated financial statements that, in our opinion,
reflect all recurring adjustments necessary to fairly present this information when read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing in the section
entitled "Consolidated Financial Statements". The results of

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operations
for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future period.

|                            |                                                                   | Dec. 29,
2007(1)         |         | Sep. 29,
2007 |        | June 30,
2007 |        | Mar. 31,
2007 |         | Dec 30,
2006(2) |        | Sep. 30,
2006 |        | July 1,
2006 |        | Apr. 1,
2006(3) |       
|--------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------- | ------------- | ------ | ------------- | ------ | ------------- | ------- | --------------- | ------ | ------------- | ------ | ------------ | ------ | --------------- | ------
|
|Revenues                    |                                                                   | $                        | 120,505 |               | $      | 125,291       |        | $             | 114,124 |                 | $      | 102,271       |        | $            | 98,693 |                 | $     
|Cost of revenues            |                                                                   |                          | 58,921  |               |        | 58,609        |        |               | 49,966  |                 |        | 47,988        |        |              | 50,130 |                 |       
|                            |                                                                   |                          |         |               |        |               |        |               |         |                 |        |               |        |              |        |                 |       
|Gross Margin                |                                                                   |                          | 61,584  |               |        | 66,682        |        |               | 64,158  |                 |        | 54,283        |        |              | 48,563 |                 |       
|                            | Operating Expenses:                                               |                          |         |               |        |               |        |               |         |                 |        |               |        |              |        |                 |       
|                            | Research and development                                          |                          |         | 16,246        |        |               | 16,219 |               |         | 14,384          |        |               | 14,102 |              |        | 13,211          |       
|                            | Selling, general and administrative                               |                          |         | 23,203        |        |               | 23,365 |               |         | 23,056          |        |               | 22,928 |              |        | 18,506          |       
|                            |                                                                   |                          |         |               |        |               |        |               |         |                 |        |               |        |              |        |                 |       
|                            |                                                                   | Total operating expenses |         |               | 39,449 |               |        | 39,584        |         |                 | 37,440 |               |        | 37,030       |        |                 | 31,717
|                            |                                                                   |                          |         |               |        |               |        |               |         |                 |        |               |        |              |        |                 |       
|Operating income            |                                                                   |                          | 22,135  |               |        | 27,098        |        |               | 26,718  |                 |        | 17,253        |        |              | 16,846 |                 |       
|Interest income             |                                                                   |                          | 5,741   |               |        | 5,766         |        |               | 5,557   |                 |        | 5,444         |        |              | 4,986  |                 |       
|Other income (expense), net |                                                                   |                          | 293     |               |        | 415           |        |               | (61     | )               |        | 119           |        |              | 159    |                 |       
|                            |                                                                   |                          |         |               |        |               |        |               |         |                 |        |               |        |              |        |                 |       
|Income before income taxes  |                                                                   |                          | 28,169  |               |        | 33,279        |        |               | 32,214  |                 |        | 22,578        |        |              | 21,991 |                 |       
|Provision for income taxes  |                                                                   |                          | 13,818  |               |        | 11,056        |        |               | 11,109  |                 |        | 7,367         |        |              | 4,535  |                 |       
|                            |                                                                   |                          |         |               |        |               |        |               |         |                 |        |               |        |              |        |                 |       
|Net income                  |                                                                   | $                        | 14,351  |               | $      | 22,223        |        | $             | 21,105  |                 | $      | 15,211        |        | $            | 17,456 |                 | $     
|                            |                                                                   |                          |         |               |        |               |        |               |         |                 |        |               |        |              |        |                 |       
|                            | Net income per share:                                             |                          |         |               |        |               |        |               |         |                 |        |               |        |              |        |                 |       
|                            | Basic                                                             |                          | $       | 0.30          |        | $             | 0.46   |               | $       | 0.44            |        | $             | 0.32   |              | $      | 0.38            |       
|                            | Diluted                                                           |                          | $       | 0.29          |        | $             | 0.45   |               | $       | 0.43            |        | $             | 0.31   |              | $      | 0.37            |       
|                            | Weighted-average number of shares used in per share calculations: |                          |         |               |        |               |        |               |         |                 |        |               |        |              |        |                 |       
|                            | Basic                                                             |                          |         | 48,610        |        |               | 48,291 |               |         | 47,893          |        |               | 47,384 |              |        | 46,813          |       
|                            | Diluted                                                           |                          |         | 49,924        |        |               | 49,729 |               |         | 49,516          |        |               | 49,060 |              |        | 48,701          |       

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Item 9:Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

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Item 9A:Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our "disclosure controls and
procedures" as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) as of December 29, 2007 in connection with the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based on that evaluation, our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December 29, 2007, in light of the material weakness described below, our disclosure controls and procedures were not
effective to ensure that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in rules and forms of the SEC and is accumulated and communicated to our management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Notwithstanding
the material weakness, our company's financial statements in this Form 10-K fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of our company as of and for the periods presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act for our company. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our
internal control over financial reporting as
of December 29, 2007. This evaluation was based on the framework established inInternal ControlIntegrated Frameworkissued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

A
material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material
misstatement of the company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

The
following material weakness in internal control over financial reporting existed as of December 29, 2007. We did not maintain effective controls over the valuation of
inventory and the related cost of revenues accounts. Specifically, we did not maintain effective controls to ensure that the estimation process to value inventory complied with our company's
accounting policies. This control deficiency resulted in the restatement of our annual and interim financial statements for 2006 and interim financial statements for the first and second quarters of
2007 and audit adjustments to our annual financial statements for fiscal 2007. Additionally, this control deficiency could result in a misstatement of the inventory and cost of revenues accounts that
would result in a material misstatement of our financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.

Our
company's management concluded that in light of the material weakness described above, our company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of
December 29, 2007 based on the criteria set forth inInternal ControlIntegrated Frameworkissued by the COSO.

The
effectiveness of our company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 29, 2007 has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the company's independent
registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which appears in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Management's Plan for Remediation

We completed a review of our historical practices with respect to inventory valuation. Our review indicated that during fiscal 2006 and the first half of fiscal
2007, a small number of lower level employees did not consistently follow our company's accounting policies for inventory valuation. The Audit Committee of our company's Board of Directors determined
that senior management was not aware of the noncompliance.

Our
management is in the process of implementing its plan to remediate the material weakness. The remediation plan addresses the design of controls and revision of procedures regarding
inventory valuation and includes:



Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of our "internal control over financial reporting" as
defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f) to determine whether any changes in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 that materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Based on that evaluation, there have been no such changes during the fourth quarter of fiscal
2007.

Inherent Limitations

Control systems, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control systems' objectives are being
met. Further, the design of any control systems must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of all controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the
inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our company have been detected.
These inherent limitations include the realities that
judgments in decision making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Control systems can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by
collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and
there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions
or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.

CEO and CFO Certifications

We have attached as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K the certifications of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, which are
required in accordance with the Exchange Act. We recommend that this Item 9A be read in conjunction with the certifications for a more complete understanding of the subject matter presented.

Item 9B:Other Information

None.

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PART III

Item 10:Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Information concerning our board of directors, committees and directors, including our audit committee and audit committee financial expert, appears in our Proxy
Statement, under the section entitled "Proposal No. 1Election of Directors". Such information in this portion of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.
Information regarding the nomination and election of our company's Class II directors, who are Dr. Homa Bahrami, G. Carl Everett, Jr. and Dr. Mario Ruscev, also appears under the
section entitled "Proposal No. 1Election of Directors" in our Proxy Statement.

For
information with respect to our executive officers, see Part I, Item 1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K under the section entitled "Executive
Officers".

Information
concerning Section 16(a) beneficial ownership reporting compliance appears in our Proxy Statement under the section entitled "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership
Reporting Compliance". Such information in this portion of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

We
have adopted a Statement of Corporate Code of Business Conduct that applies to all directors, officers and employees of FormFactor and a Statement of Financial Code of Ethics that
applies to our chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, and other employees in our finance department. Information concerning these codes appears in our Proxy Statement under the
section entitled "Proposal No. 1Election of DirectorsCorporate Codes". Such information in this portion of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 11:Executive Compensation

Information concerning executive officer compensation and related information appears in our Proxy Statement under the section entitled "Compensation Discussion
and Analysis", "Executive Compensation and Related Information", "Report of the Compensation Committee" and "Proposal No. 1Election of DirectorsCompensation Committee
Interlocks and Insider Participation". Information concerning director compensation and related information appears in our Proxy Statement under the section entitled "Proposal
No. 1Election of Directors". Such information in these portions of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12:Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

Information concerning the security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management and related stockholder matters appears in our Proxy Statement under the
section entitled "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters". The information in such portion of the Proxy Statement is incorporated in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K by reference.

Information
concerning our equity compensation plans appears in our Proxy Statement under the section entitled "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder MattersEquity Compensation Plans". The information in such portion of the Proxy Statement is incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K by reference."

Item 13:Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

Information concerning certain relationships and related transactions, including our related person transactions policy appears in our Proxy Statement under the
section entitled "Certain Relationships

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and
Related Transactions". The information in such portion of the Proxy Statement is incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K by reference.

Information
concerning director independence appears in our Proxy Statement under the section entitled "Proposal No. 1Election of Directors". The information in such
portion of the Proxy Statement is incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K by reference.

Item 14:Principal Accounting Fees and Services

Information concerning principal accounting fees and services and the audit committee's pre-approval policies and procedures appears in our Proxy
Statement under the section entitled "Proposal No. 2Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm". The information in such portion of the Proxy
Statement is incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K by reference.

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PART IV

Item 15:Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

| | (1) | Consolidated Financial Statements:                                                                                                          
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |     | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm                                                                                     
| |     | Consolidated Balance Sheets                                                                                                                 
| |     | Consolidated Statements of Income                                                                                                           
| |     | Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity                                                                                             
| |     | Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows                                                                                                       
| |     | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                                                                                                  
| | (2) | Exhibits:                                                                                                                                   
| |     | The exhibits listed in the accompanying Index to Exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

|Exhibit
Number |  | Exhibit Description                                                                                                                                                           
|-------------- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|10.06+         |  | 2002 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and forms of plan agreements.                                                                                                         
|10.12+         |  | Employment Offer Letter dated September 25, 2007 to Jorge L. Titinger.                                                                                                        
|21.01          |  | List of Registrant's subsidiaries.                                                                                                                                            
|23.01          |  | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.                                                                                                                     
|24.01          |  | Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Form 10-K).                                                                                                         
|31.01          |  | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.                            
|31.02          |  | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.                            
|32.01*         |  | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Livermore, State of California, on the 27th day of February 2008.

| |  | FORMFACTOR, INC.
| |  | ----------------
| |  | By:             

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ronald C. Foster and Stuart L. Merkadeau,
and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and any other documents in connection therewith, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, with the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act requisite and
necessary to be done with respect to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated below.

Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on
the dates indicated.

|Signature                                                     |  | Title                                             |  | Date             
|------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------------------- |  | -----------------
|Principal Executive Officer and Director:                     |  |                                                   |  |                  
|/s/DR. IGOR Y. KHANDROSDr. Igor Y. Khandros                   |  | Chief Executive Officer and Director              |  | February 27, 2008
|Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer: |  |                                                   |  |                  
|/s/RONALD C. FOSTERRonald C. Foster                           |  | Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President |  | February 27, 2008
|Additional Directors:                                         |  |                                                   |  |                  
|/s/DR. MARIO RUSCEVDr. Mario Ruscev                           |  | President and Director                            |  | February 27, 2008

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|/s/LOTHAR MAIERLothar Maier                 |  | Director |  | February 27, 2008
|------------------------------------------- |  | -------- |  | -----------------
|/s/HOMA BAHRAMIHoma Bahrami                 |  | Director |  | February 27, 2008
|/s/THOMAS J. CAMPBELLThomas J. Campbell     |  | Director |  | February 27, 2008
|/s/HARVEY A. WAGNERHarvey A. Wagner         |  | Director |  | February 27, 2008
|/s/G. CARL EVERETT, JR.G. Carl Everett, Jr. |  | Director |  | February 27, 2008
|/s/JAMES A. PRESTRIDGEJames A. Prestridge   |  | Director |  | February 27, 2008

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To
the Board of Directors and Stockholders of FormFactor, Inc:

In
our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of FormFactor, Inc. and its subsidiaries at December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended December 29, 2007 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company did
not maintain, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 29, 2007, based on criteria established inInternal
ControlIntegrated Frameworkissued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) because a material weakness in internal control
over financial reporting related to valuation of inventory and related cost of revenues accounts existed as of that date. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in
internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a
timely basis. The material weakness referred to above is described in Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A of the
Form 10-K. We considered this material weakness in determining the nature, timing, and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the 2007 consolidated financial statements, and
our opinion regarding the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting does not affect our opinion on those consolidated financial statements. The Company's management is
responsible for these financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting
included in management's report referred to above. Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements and on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based our
integrated audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the
audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all
material respects. Our audits of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an
understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness
exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered
necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

As
discussed in Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2006 the Company changed the manner in which it accounts for stock-based payments. As
discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements, effective December 31, 2006 the Company changed the manner in which it accounts for uncertainty in income taxes.

A
company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures
that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and
expenditures of the company are being made only

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in
accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use,
or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
San Jose, California
February 20, 2008

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FORMFACTOR, INC.        CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 | December 29,
2007                          |         | December 30,
2006 |        
|--------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | ------- | ----------------- | -------
|
|ASSETS                                        |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|Current assets:                               |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|                                              | Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                                       |                                            | $       | 315,232           |        
|                                              | Marketable securities                                                                                                                           |                                            |         | 254,814           |        
|                                              | Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $74 as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006                                |                                            |         | 69,486            |        
|                                              | Inventories                                                                                                                                     |                                            |         | 29,309            |        
|                                              | Deferred tax assets                                                                                                                             |                                            |         | 17,995            |        
|                                              | Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                                                                                       |                                            |         | 15,504            |        
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 | Total current assets                       |         |                   | 702,340
|                                              | Restricted cash                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         | 2,250             |        
|                                              | Property and equipment, net                                                                                                                     |                                            |         | 130,882           |        
|                                              | Deferred tax assets                                                                                                                             |                                            |         | 10,038            |        
|                                              | Other assets                                                                                                                                    |                                            |         | 9,812             |        
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 | Total assets                               |         | $                 | 855,322
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY          |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|Current liabilities:                          |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|                                              | Accounts payable                                                                                                                                |                                            | $       | 42,893            |        
|                                              | Accrued liabilities                                                                                                                             |                                            |         | 30,029            |        
|                                              | Income tax payable                                                                                                                              |                                            |         | 1,328             |        
|                                              | Deferred revenue and customer advances                                                                                                          |                                            |         | 5,535             |        
|                                              | Deferred rent                                                                                                                                   |                                            |         | 462               |        
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 | Total current liabilities                  |         |                   | 80,247 
|                                              | Long term tax payable                                                                                                                           |                                            |         | 12,248            |        
|                                              | Deferred rent and other liabilities                                                                                                             |                                            |         | 5,877             |        
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 | Total liabilities                          |         |                   | 98,372 
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)        |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|Stockholders' equity                          |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|                                              | Preferred stock, $0.001 par value:                                                                                                              |                                            |         |                   |        
|                                              | 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding at December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, respectively                         |                                            |         |                  |        
|                                              | Common stock, $0.001 par value:                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|                                              | 250,000,000 shares authorized; 48,642,258 and 46,861,334 shares issued and outstanding at December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, respectively |                                            |         | 49                |        
|Additional paid-in capital                    |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            | 573,553 |                   |        
|Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            | 929     |                   |        
|Retained earnings                             |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            | 182,419 |                   |        
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 | Total stockholders' equity:                |         |                   | 756,950
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 | Total liabilities and stockholders' equity |         | $                 | 855,322
|                                              |                                                                                                                                                 |                                            |         |                   |        

The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FORMFACTOR, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

FORMFACTOR, INC.        CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

|                                                                  |                                     | Years Ended              |        
|----------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------------ | -------
|
|
|Revenues                                                          |                                     | $                        | 462,191
|Cost of revenues                                                  |                                     |                          | 215,484
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |        
|Gross margin                                                      |                                     |                          | 246,707
|Operating expenses:                                               |                                     |                          |        
|                                                                  | Research and development            |                          |        
|                                                                  | Selling, general and administrative |                          |        
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |        
|                                                                  |                                     | Total operating expenses |        
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |        
|Operating income                                                  |                                     |                          | 93,204 
|Interest income                                                   |                                     |                          | 22,508 
|Other income (expense), net                                       |                                     |                          | 528    
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |        
|Income before income taxes                                        |                                     |                          | 116,240
|Provision for income taxes                                        |                                     |                          | 43,350 
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |        
|Net income                                                        |                                     | $                        | 72,890 
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |        
|Net income per share:                                             |                                     |                          |        
|                                                                  | Basic                               |                          | $      
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |        
|                                                                  | Diluted                             |                          | $      
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |        
|Weighted-average number of shares used in per share calculations: |                                     |                          |        
|                                                                  | Basic                               |                          |        
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |        
|                                                                  | Diluted                             |                          |        
|                                                                  |                                     |                          |        

The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FORMFACTOR, INC.        CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

|                                                                                             |                                                      | Common Stock         |   |   |    |   |   | Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss) |   |   |        |  
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- | - | - | -- | - | - | --------------------------------------------- | - | - | ------ | -
|
|
|
|Balances, December 25, 2004                                                                  |                                                      | 38,885,637           |   | $ | 39 |   | $ | 249,149                                       |   | $ | (5,413 | )
|Issuance of common stock pursuant to exercise of options for cash                            |                                                      | 1,042,373            |   |   | 1  |   |   | 8,707                                         |   |   |       |  
|Issuance of common stock under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan                              |                                                      | 285,926              |   |   |   |   |   | 3,683                                         |   |   |       |  
|Tax benefit from exercise of common stock options                                            |                                                      |                     |   |   |   |   |   | 6,089                                         |   |   |       |  
|Conversion of warrants to common stock                                                       |                                                      | 22,750               |   |   |   |   |   |                                              |   |   |       |  
|Deferred stock-based compensation, net of cancellations                                      |                                                      |                     |   |   |   |   |   | 663                                           |   |   | (663   | )
|Recognition of deferred stock-based compensation                                             |                                                      |                     |   |   |   |   |   |                                              |   |   | 3,581  |  
|Components of other comprehensive income:                                                    |                                                      |                      |   |   |    |   |   |                                               |   |   |        |  
|                                                                                             | Unrealized gain on marketable securities, net of tax |                      |  |   |    |  |   |                                               |  |   |        | 
|                                                                                             | Translation adjustments                              |                      |  |   |    |  |   |                                               |  |   |        | 
|                                                                                             | Net income                                           |                      |  |   |    |  |   |                                               |  |   |        | 
|                                                                                             |                                                      |                      |   |   |    |   |   |                                               |   |   |        |  
|                                                                                             |                                                      | Comprehensive income |   |   |    |   |   |                                               |   |   |        |  
|                                                                                             |                                                      |                      |   |   |    |   |   |                                               |   |   |        |  
|Balances, December 31, 2005                                                                  |                                                      | 40,236,686           |   |   | 40 |   |   | 268,291                                       |   |   | (2,495 | )
|Issuance of common stock in connection with follow-on public offering, net of issuance costs |                                                      | 5,000,000            |   |   | 5  |   |   | 181,860                                       |   |   |       |  
|Issuance of common stock pursuant to exercise of options for cash                            |                                                      | 1,396,751            |   |   | 2  |   |   | 15,983                                        |   |   |       |  
|Issuance of common stock pursuant to vesting of restricted stock units                       |                                                      | 18,108               |   |   |   |   |   | 60                                            |   |   |       |  
|Issuance of common stock under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan                              |                                                      | 209,789              |   |   |   |   |   | 4,489                                         |   |   |       |  
|Tax benefit from exercise of common stock options                                            |                                                      |                     |   |   |   |   |   | 14,487                                        |   |   |       |  
|Reclassification of unamortized stock-based compensation upon adoption of SFAS 123(R)        |                                                      |                     |   |   |   |   |   | (2,495                                        | ) |   | 2,495  |  
|Stock-based compensation                                                                     |                                                      |                     |   |   |   |   |   | 22,034                                        |   |   |       |  
|                                                                                             | Components of other comprehensive income:            |                      |   |   |    |   |   |                                               |   |   |        |  
|                                                                                             | Unrealized gain on marketable securities, net of tax |                      |  |   |    |  |   |                                               |  |   |        | 
|                                                                                             | Translation adjustments                              |                      |  |   |    |  |   |                                               |  |   |        | 
|                                                                                             |                                                      | Net income           |   |  |    |   |  |                                               |   |  |        |  
|                                                                                             |                                                      |                      |   |   |    |   |   |                                               |   |   |        |  
|Comprehensive income                                                                         |                                                      |                      |   |   |    |   |   |                                               |   |   |        |  
|                                                                                             |                                                      |                      |   |   |    |   |   |                                               |   |   |        |  
|Balances, December 30, 2006                                                                  |                                                      | 46,861,334           |   |   | 47 |   |   | 504,709                                       |   |   |       |  
|Issuance of common stock pursuant to exercise of options for cash                            |                                                      | 1,498,847            |   |   | 2  |   |   | 26,998                                        |   |   |       |  
|Issuance of common stock pursuant to vesting of restricted stock units                       |                                                      | 28,824               |   |   |   |   |   |                                              |   |   |       |  
|Issuance of common stock under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan                              |                                                      | 253,253              |   |   |   |   |   | 6,564                                         |   |   |       |  
|Tax benefit from exercise of common stock options                                            |                                                      |                     |   |   |   |   |   | 9,191                                         |   |   |       |  
|Stock-based compensation                                                                     |                                                      |                     |   |   |   |   |   | 26,091                                        |   |   |       |  
|                                                                                             | Components of other comprehensive income:            |                      |   |   |    |   |   |                                               |   |   |        |  
|                                                                                             | Unrealized gain on marketable securities, net of tax |                      |  |   |    |  |   |                                               |  |   |        | 
|                                                                                             | Translation adjustments                              |                      |  |   |    |  |   |                                               |  |   |        | 
|                                                                                             |                                                      | Net income           |   |  |    |   |  |                                               |   |  |        |  
|                                                                                             |                                                      |                      |   |   |    |   |   |                                               |   |   |        |  
|Comprehensive income                                                                         |                                                      |                      |   |   |    |   |   |                                               |   |   |        |  
|                                                                                             |                                                      |                      |   |   |    |   |   |                                               |   |   |        |  
|Balances, December 29, 2007                                                                  |                                                      | 48,642,258           |   | $ | 49 |   | $ | 573,553                                       |   | $ |       |  
|                                                                                             |                                                      |                      |   |   |    |   |   |                                               |   |   |        |  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Continued)

FORMFACTOR, INC.        CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

|                                                                                  |                                                                           | Years Ended                       |                                          
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | -----------------------------------------
|
|
|Cash flows from operating activities:                                             |                                                                           |                                   |                                          
|Net income                                                                        |                                                                           | $                                 | 72,890                                   
|Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |                                                                           |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Depreciation and amortization                                             |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Stock-based compensation expense                                          |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Deferred income taxes                                                     |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Tax benefits from employee stock option plans                             |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Excess tax benefits from equity based compensation plans                  |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Provision for doubtful accounts receivable                                |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Provision for excess and obsolete inventories                             |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Loss on disposal of property and equipment                                |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Changes in assets and liabilities:                                        |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           | Accounts receivable               |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           | Inventories                       |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           | Prepaids and other current assets |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           | Other assets                      |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           | Accounts payable                  |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           | Accrued liabilities               |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           | Income tax payable                |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           | Deferred rent                     |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           | Deferred revenues                 |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           |                                   | Net cash provided by operating activities
|                                                                                  |                                                                           |                                   |                                          
|Cash flows from investing activities:                                             |                                                                           |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Acquisition of property and equipment                                     |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Purchase of marketable securities                                         |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Proceeds from maturities and sales of marketable securities               |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Acquisition of intangible research and development asset                  |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           |                                   | Net cash used in investing activities    
|                                                                                  |                                                                           |                                   |                                          
|Cash flows from financing activities:                                             |                                                                           |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs             |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Excess tax benefits from equity based compensation plans                  |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  |                                                                           |                                   | Net cash provided by financing activities
|                                                                                  |                                                                           |                                   |                                          
|Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents                      |                                                                           |                                   | (96                                      
|Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents                              |                                                                           |                                   | 31,101                                   
|Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year                                      |                                                                           |                                   | 284,131                                  
|                                                                                  |                                                                           |                                   |                                          
|Cash and cash equivalents, end of year                                            |                                                                           | $                                 | 315,232                                  
|                                                                                  |                                                                           |                                   |                                          
|Non-cash financing activities:                                                    |                                                                           |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Deferred stock-based compensation                                         |                                   | $                                        
|                                                                                  | Purchases of property and equipment through accounts payable and accruals |                                   | $                                        
|Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:                                 |                                                                           |                                   |                                          
|                                                                                  | Income taxes paid (refunded)                                              |                                   | $                                        

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Note 1Formation and Business of the Company:

FormFactor, Inc. which was incorporated on April 15, 1993 (the "Company"), designs, develops, manufactures, sells and supports precision, high
performance advanced semiconductor wafer probe cards. The Company is based in Livermore, California, home to its corporate offices, research and development, and manufacturing locations. The Company
has facilities in California, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, Italy, South Korea and Singapore.



Our fiscal year ends on the last Saturday in December. The fiscal years ended on December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, respectively, consisted of
52 weeks. The fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 consisted of 53 weeks.



On March 15, 2006, the Company completed an offering of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock. The Company received net proceeds of $182.0 million
after the payment of an aggregate of $8.1 million of underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses.

Note 2Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:



The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany balances and transactions
have been eliminated.

Translation
gains and losses resulting from the process of remeasuring into the United States of America dollar, the foreign currency financial statements of the Company's wholly owned
subsidiaries, for which the United States of America dollar is the functional currency, are included in operations.
For the Company's international subsidiaries which use their local currency as their functional currency, assets and liabilities are translated at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date
and revenue and expense accounts at average exchange rates during the period. Resulting translation adjustments are recorded directly to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).



In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management utilizes certain estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The primary estimates underlying the
Company's financial statements include fair value of revenue elements, fair value of marketable securities, allowance for doubtful accounts receivable, reserves for product warranty, valuation of
obsolete and slow moving inventory, provision for income taxes and accruals for other liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.



The Company transacts business in various foreign currencies, primarily the Japanese Yen. The Company enters into forward foreign exchange contracts in an effort
to mitigate the risks associated with currency fluctuations on certain foreign currency balance sheet exposures. Gains and losses

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Note 2Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: (Continued)

resulting
from the impact of currency exchange rate movements on forward foreign exchange contracts designated to offset certain foreign currency balance sheet exposures and backlog are recognized as
other income (expense), net in the accompanying consolidated statements of income in the period in which the exchange rates change. These gains and losses are intended to partially offset the foreign
currency exchange gains and losses on the underlying exposures being hedged. The Company does not use derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

Net
foreign currency exchange gain was $58,000 for fiscal 2007 and in fiscal 2006 and 2005, realized foreign currency losses were approximately, $524,000 and, $584,000, respectively.



The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original or remaining maturities of three months or less, at the date of purchase, to be cash
equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents include money market and various deposit accounts.



The Company has classified its marketable securities as "available-for-sale". All marketable securities represent the investment of funds
available for current operations, notwithstanding their contractual maturities. Such marketable securities are recorded at fair value and unrealized gains and losses are recorded to accumulated other
comprehensive income (loss) until realized. At December 29, 2007, the Company's net unrealized gains on marketable securities were immaterial. Realized gains and losses on sale of all such
securities are reported in earnings, computed using the specific identification cost method.

The
Company utilizes third party investment managers for the custody and investment of its marketable securities. The Company's fair value determination for its marketable securities is
based either on quoted prices for such security or an assessment of an investment's value based on the credit worthiness and interest yield to maturity of the individual security using information
provided from commercial financial pricing services.



Under the terms of one of its facility leases, the Company provides security to the landlord in the form of letters of credit. As of December 29, 2007 and
December 30, 2006, restricted cash includes $2,250,000 of letters of credit secured by a certificate of deposit.



Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (principally standard cost which approximates actual cost on a first-in, first-out basis) or
market value. Adjustments for potentially excess and obsolete inventory are made based on management's analysis of inventory levels and future sales forecasts. Once the value is adjusted, the original
cost of the Company's inventory less the related inventory write-down represents the new cost basis of such products. Reversal of these write downs is recognized only when the related
inventory has been scrapped or sold.

The
Company designs, manufactures and sells a fully custom product into a market that has been subject to cyclicality and significant demand fluctuations. Probe cards are complex
products, custom to

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Note 2Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: (Continued)

a
specific chip design and have to be delivered on short lead-times. Probe cards are manufactured in low volumes; therefore, material purchases are often subject to minimum purchase order
quantities in excess of the actual demand. It is not uncommon for the Company to acquire production materials and start certain production activities based on estimated production yields and
forecasted demand prior to or in excess of actual demand for the Company's wafer probe cards. These factors make inventory valuation adjustments part of the normally recurring cost of revenue.
Aggregate inventory write downs were $12.7 million $17.6 million and $10.9 million for the years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006, and December 31,
2005, respectively. The Company retains a portion of the excess inventory until the customer's design is discontinued. The inventory may be used to satisfy customer warranty demand.



Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation is provided on a straight-line method over the
estimated useful lives of the assets, generally one to twenty years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over their estimated useful lives or the term of the related lease, whichever is less. Upon
sale or retirement of assets, the cost and related accumulated depreciation or amortization, are removed from the balance sheet and the resulting gain or loss is reflected in operations.



The Company accounts for impairment of long-lived assets in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 144,
"Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets". SFAS No. 144 establishes a uniform accounting model for long-lived assets to be disposed of. SFAS
No. 144 also requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be
recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by comparing the carrying amount of an asset to estimated undiscounted future net cash flows expected to be generated by the
asset. If the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of
the asset.



The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents in accounts with three major financial institutions in the United States of America and in countries where
subsidiaries operate. Deposits in these banks may exceed the amounts of insurance provided on such deposits. The Company has not experienced any losses on its deposits of cash and cash equivalents.
Carrying amounts of certain of the Company's financial instruments including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair value due to their short maturities.

The
Company markets and sells its products to a narrow base of customers and generally does not require collateral. In fiscal 2007, four customers accounted for 10%, 12%, 14% and 26% of
revenues. In fiscal 2006, three customers accounted for 12%, 13%, and 23% of revenues. In fiscal 2005, four customers accounted for approximately 12%, 15%, 23% and 23% of revenues. At
December 29, 2007 three customers accounted for approximately 11%, 21% and 26% of accounts receivable. At

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Note 2Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: (Continued)

December 30,
2006 four customers accounted for approximately 10%, 11%, 13% and 13% of accounts receivable. At December 31, 2005, three customers accounted for approximately 12%, 13% and
33% of accounts receivable. The Company applied a threshold of 10% to disclose such customers.

The
Company operates in the intensely competitive semiconductor industry, primarily dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, which has been characterized by price erosion, rapid
technological change, short product life, cyclical market patterns and heightened foreign and domestic competition. Significant technological changes in the industry could affect operating results
adversely.

Certain
components that meet the Company's requirements are available only from a limited number of suppliers. The rapid rate of technological change and the necessity of developing and
manufacturing products with short lifecycles may intensify these risks. The inability to obtain components as required, or to develop alternative sources, if and as required in the future, could
result in delays or reductions in product shipments, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.



The Company recognizes revenue when title and risk of loss have passed to the customer, there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, delivery has occurred or
services have been rendered, the sales price is fixed or determinable, and collectibility of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured. Revenues from product sales to customers other than
distributors are recognized upon shipment or delivery depending on the terms of sale. Although the Company's distributor has no price protection rights or rights to return product, other than for
warranty claims, the Company defers recognition of revenue and related cost of revenues, on a gross basis, from its distributor until the distributor confirms an order from its customer.

In
multiple element arrangements, the Company determines whether there is more than one unit of accounting. To the extent that the deliverables are separable into multiple units of
accounting, the Company then allocates the total fee on such arrangements to the individual units of accounting based on verifiable objective evidence of fair value using the residual method. The
Company recognizes revenue for each unit of accounting depending on the nature of the deliverable(s) comprising the unit of accounting.

The
Company offers product maintenance and repair arrangements to its customers. Amounts due from customers under these arrangements are initially recorded as deferred revenues. The fees
are recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the service period and related costs are recorded as incurred.

Revenues
from the licensing of the Company's design and manufacturing technology, which have been insignificant to date, are recognized over the term of the license agreement or when the
significant contractual obligations have been fulfilled.



The Company offers warranties on certain products and records a liability for the estimated future costs associated with warranty claims, which is based upon
historical experience and the Company's estimate of the level of future costs. Warranty costs are reflected in the income statement as a cost of

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Note 2Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: (Continued)

revenues.
A reconciliation of the changes in the Company's warranty liability for the year ending December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006 follows (in thousands):

Years EndedDecember 29, 2007

December 30, 2006Warranty accrual beginning balance

$
778

$
511Reserve for warranties issued during the year


4,170


1,050Settlements made during the period


(3,565
)

(783
)Warranty accrual ending balance

$
1,383

$
778




Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and consist primarily of personnel costs, development materials and other related costs.



Advertising costs, included in sales and marketing expenses, are expensed as incurred. Advertising expenses in fiscal years 2007, 2006, and 2005 were
approximately $447,000, $361,000, and $190,000, respectively.



The Company adopted FIN 48 on December 31, 2006, the first day of the first quarter of fiscal 2007. FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold
and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return that results in a tax benefit. Additionally,
FIN 48 provides guidance on derecognition, statement of operations classification of interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. As a result of the
implementation of FIN 48, the Company's tax assets and liabilities did not differ from the assets and liabilities before adoption. Therefore, the Company did not record any cumulative effect
adjustment as of the adoption date. See Note 8Income Taxes for additional information.

We
account for income taxes under the provisions of SFAS No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes". Under this method, we determine deferred tax assets and liabilities based upon the
difference between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. The
tax consequences of most events recognized in the current year's financial statements are included in determining income taxes currently payable. However, because tax laws and financial accounting
standards differ in their recognition and measurement of assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, expenses, gains and losses, differences arise between the amount of taxable income and
pre-tax financial income for a year and between the tax bases of assets or liabilities and their reported amounts in the financial statements. Because it is assumed that the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities will be recovered and settled, respectively, a difference between the tax basis of an asset or a liability and its reported amount in the balance sheet will result in
a taxable or a deductible amount in some future years when the related

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Note 2Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: (Continued)

liabilities
are settled or the reported amounts of the assets are recovered, hence giving rise to a deferred tax asset. We must then assess the likelihood that our deferred tax assets will be
recovered from future taxable income and to the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we must establish a valuation allowance.

As
part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes. This process involves estimating our actual current tax exposure
together with assessing temporary differences that may result in deferred tax assets. Management judgment is required in determining any valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax
assets. Any such valuation allowance would be based on our estimates of income and the period over which our deferred tax assets would be recoverable. While management has considered taxable income
and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the need for a valuation allowance, if we were to determine that we would not be able to realize all or part of our net deferred
tax assets in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax assets would result in additional income tax expense in such period.

In
fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005, given our increasing levels of profitability, we concluded that it is more likely than not that we will be able to realize all of our domestic deferred
tax assets. For the deferred tax asset resulting from foreign net operating losses we have concluded that it is more likely than not that this asset will not be utilized and therefore, we have
recorded a full valuation allowance for those deferred tax assets.

We
calculate our current and deferred tax provision based on estimates and assumptions that could differ from the actual results reflected in income tax returns filed. Differences
between our tax provision and tax return may occur and such adjustments are recorded when identified.

The
amount of income taxes we pay is subject to ongoing audits by federal, state and foreign tax authorities which might result in proposed assessments. Our estimate for the potential
outcome for any uncertain tax issue is judgmental in nature. However, we believe we have adequately provided for any reasonable foreseeable outcome related to those matters. Our future results may
include favorable or unfavorable adjustments to our estimated tax liabilities in the period the assessments are made or resolved or when statutes of limitation on potential assessments expire.



The Company operates in one segment for the design, development, manufacture, sale and support of precision, high performance advanced semiconductor wafer probe
cards, using one measurement of profitability to manage its business.



Effective January 1, 2006, the Company implemented SFAS 123 (R) with regard to equity based compensation. As such, the Company began
accounting for stock options restricted stock units and shares issued under its employee stock purchase plan ("ESPP") under SFAS 123 (R), which requires the recognition of the fair value of
equity based compensation. The fair value of stock options and ESPP shares was estimated using a Black-Scholes option valuation model. This model requires the Company to make subjective assumptions in
implementing SFAS 123 (R), including expected stock price volatility, estimated life and estimated forfeitures of each award. The fair value of equity-based

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Note 2Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: (Continued)

awards
is amortized over the requisite service period, generally the vesting period of the award, and the Company has elected to use the straight-line method. The Company makes quarterly
assessments of the adequacy of the additional paid-in capital pool ("APIC pool") to determine if there are any tax shortfalls which require recognition in the condensed consolidated income
statements. Prior to the implementation of SFAS 123 (R), the Company accounted for stock options, restricted stock units and ESPP shares under the provisions of Accounting Principles Board
("APB") Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" and made pro forma footnote disclosures as required by SFAS No. 148, "Accounting for Stock-Based
CompensationTransition and Disclosure," which amended SFAS 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation." Pro forma net income and pro forma net income per share disclosed in the
footnotes to the condensed consolidated financial statements were estimated using a Black-Scholes option valuation model. Under APB Opinion No. 25, SFAS 123 and SFAS 123 (R), the
fair value of restricted stock units was calculated based upon the fair market value of the Company's common stock at the date of grant.

The
Company has elected to adopt the alternative transition method provided under the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Staff Position No. FAS 123
(R)-3 "Transition Election Related to Accounting for Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment Awards." The alternative transition method includes simplified methods to establish the beginning
balance of the APIC pool related to the tax effects of employee stock-based compensation, and to determine the subsequent impact on the APIC pool and consolidated statements of cash flows of the tax
effects of employee stock-based compensation awards that are outstanding upon adoption of SFAS 123 (R). See Note 6Stock-Based Compensation.



Basic net income per share available to common stockholders is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of
common shares outstanding for
the period. Diluted net income per share is computed giving effect to all potential dilutive common stock, including options, warrants, common stock subject to repurchase.

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Note 2Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: (Continued)

A
reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in the calculation of basic and diluted net income per share follows (in thousands):

|                                                                                           |                                                     | Years Ended |       
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------
|
|Basic net income per share                                                                 |                                                     |             |       
|Numerator:                                                                                 |                                                     |             |       
|                                                                                           | Net income                                          |             | $     
|                                                                                           |                                                     |             |       
|Denominator:                                                                               |                                                     |             |       
|                                                                                           | Weighted-average common stock outstanding           |             |       
|                                                                                           | Less: Weighted-average shares subject to repurchase |             |       
|                                                                                           |                                                     |             |       
|Weighted-average shares used in computing basic net income per share                       |                                                     |             | 48,044
|                                                                                           |                                                     |             |       
|Diluted net income per share                                                               |                                                     |             |       
|Numerator:                                                                                 |                                                     |             |       
|Net income                                                                                 |                                                     | $           | 72,890
|                                                                                           |                                                     |             |       
|Denominator:                                                                               |                                                     |             |       
|Weighted-average shares used in computing basic net income per share                       |                                                     |             | 48,044
|Add stock options, restricted stock, ESPP, warrants and common stock subject to repurchase |                                                     |             | 1,513 
|                                                                                           |                                                     |             |       
|Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted net income per share                     |                                                     |             | 49,557
|                                                                                           |                                                     |             |       

The
following outstanding options and restricted stock awards were excluded from the computation of diluted net income per share as they had an antidilutive effect (in thousands):

December 29, 2007

December 30, 2006

December 31, 2005Options to purchase common stock

2,741

1,214

863Restricted stock





10




Comprehensive income (loss) includes foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale
securities, the impact of which has been excluded from net income and reflected as components of stockholder's equity. The component of
comprehensive income (loss) is reported on the Company's consolidated statements of stockholders' equity.

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Note 2Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: (Continued)

Components
of accumulated comprehensive income (loss) were as follows:

December 29, 2007

December 30, 2006Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities, net of tax

$
832

$
(282
)Cumulative translation adjustments


97


38Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

$
929

$
(244
)




On December 21, 2007, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued Staff Accounting Bulletin ("SAB") No. 110, extending the use, under
certain circumstances, of the simplified method for developing an estimate of the expected term of share options. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this issuance.

In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (R),Business Combinations. SFAS No. 141 (R) requires an acquirer to
measure the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and any
noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at their fair values on the acquisition date, with goodwill being the excess value over the net identifiable assets acquired. SFAS No. 141 (R) is
effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Early adoption is prohibited. The Company has not yet determined the effect on our consolidated
financial statements, if any, upon adoption of SFAS No. 141 (R).

In
May 2007, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position ("FSP") FIN No. 48-1, "Definition of "Settlement" in FASB Interpretation No. 48" ("FSP FIN
No. 48-1"). FSP FIN No. 48-1 provides guidance on how a company should determine whether a tax position is effectively settled for the purpose of recognizing
previously unrecognized tax benefits. FSP FIN No. 48-1 is effective upon initial adoption of FIN No. 48, which the Company adopted in the first quarter of fiscal 2007.

In
February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159, "The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial LiabilitiesIncluding
an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115" which is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. This statement permits an entity to choose to measure many financial
instruments and certain other items at fair value at specified election dates. Subsequent unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected will be reported in
earnings. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this statement.

In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" ("SFAS No. 157"). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring
fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This statement does not require any new fair value measurements; rather,
it applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements. The provisions of this statement are to be applied prospectively as of the beginning of the fiscal year
in which this statement is initially applied, with any transition adjustment recognized as a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. The provisions of SFAS
No. 157 are effective for the fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007; however, in February 2008,the FASB issued staff position (FSP), ("FSP FAS 157-b") which
delays the effective date of Statement 157 for one year for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities to fiscal years beginning after November 15,

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Note 2Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: (Continued)

2008.
The FSP will not defer recognition and disclosure requirements for financial assets and financial liabilities or for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities that are remeasured at least
annually; therefore, the Company will have to adopt this standard as of the beginning of fiscal 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this statement.

In
July 2006, the FASB issued EITF Issue No. 06-3, "How Taxes Collected from Customers and Remitted to Governmental Authorities Should be Presented in the Income
Statement (that is, Gross versus Net Presentation)." The adoption of EITF No. 06-3 did not have an impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. The Company's
accounting policy has been to present above mentioned taxes on a net basis, excluded from revenues.

Note 3Balance Sheet Components:



Marketable securities at December 29, 2007 consisted of the following (in thousands):

|                                                 |       | Cost |         | Gross Unrealized Gains |   | Gross Unrealized Losses |       | Market Value
|------------------------------------------------ | ----- | ---- | ------- | ---------------------- | - | ----------------------- | ----- | ------------
|U.S. Treasury                                    |       | $    | 995     |                        | $ |                        |       | $           
|Agency securities                                |       |      | 52,032  |                        |   | 525                     |       |             
|Obligations of states and political subdivisions |       |      | 200,488 |                        |   | 828                     |       |             
|                                                 |       |      |         |                        |   |                         |       |             
|                                                 | Total |      | $       | 253,515                |   | $                       | 1,353 |             
|                                                 |       |      |         |                        |   |                         |       |             

Included
in obligations of states and political subdivisions are $12.8 million of auction rate securities which were sold after December 29, 2007, in which the proceeds
were reinvested into other non-auction rate marketable securities. The maturity or sale of such investments resulted in an immaterial loss.

The
following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair value for those investments with unrealized losses that are not deemed to be other-than-temporarily
impaired, aggregated by investment category and the length of time that individual securities has been in a continuous loss position as of December 29, 2007 (in thousands):

|                                                 |       | In Loss Position for
Less than 12 Months |       | In Loss Position for
12 Months or Greater |   | Total |    
|------------------------------------------------ | ----- | ---------------------------------------- | ----- | ----------------------------------------- | - | ----- | ---
|
|U.S. Treasury                                    |       | $                                        | 994   |                                           | $ | (1    | )  
|Agency securities                                |       |                                          | 5,106 |                                           |   | (1    | )  
|Obligations of states and political subdivisions |       |                                          | 9,840 |                                           |   | (27   | )  
|                                                 |       |                                          |       |                                           |   |       |    
|                                                 | Total |                                          | $     | 15,940                                    |   | $     | (29
|                                                 |       |                                          |       |                                           |   |       |    

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Note 3Balance Sheet Components: (Continued)

The above net unrealized gains on the Company's investments during 2007 were caused primarily by changes in interest rates. The Company typically invests in
highly-rated securities with low probabilities of default. The Company's investment policy requires investments to be rated single-A or better, limits the types of acceptable investments,
concentration as to security holder and duration of the investment.

Market
values were determined for each individual security in the investment portfolio. When evaluating the investments for other-than-temporary impairment, the
Company reviews factors such as the length of time and extent to which fair value has been below the amortized cost basis, the financial condition of the issuer, and the Company's ability and intent
to hold the investment for a period of time, which may be sufficient for anticipated recovery in market value, which may be maturity.

Marketable
securities at December 30, 2006 consisted of the following (in thousands):

|                                                 |  | Cost |         | Gross
Unrealized
Gains |   | Gross
Unrealized
Losses |  | Market
Value
|------------------------------------------------ |  | ---- | ------- | ---------------------- | - | ----------------------- |  | ------------
|Agency securities                                |  | $    | 25,799  |                        | $ | 1                       |  | $           
|Obligations of states and political subdivisions |  |      | 181,346 |                        |   | 43                      |  |             
|Corporate securities                             |  |      | 1,400   |                        |   |                        |  |             
|                                                 |  |      |         |                        |   |                         |  |             
|Total                                            |  | $    | 208,545 |                        | $ | 44                      |  | $           
|                                                 |  |      |         |                        |   |                         |  |             

The
following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair value for those investments with unrealized losses that are not deemed to be other-than-temporarily
impaired, aggregated by investment category and the length of time that individual securities has been in a continuous loss position as of December 30, 2006 (in thousands):

|                  |       | In Loss Position for
Less than 12 Months |        | In Loss Position for
12 Months or Greater |   | Total |     
|----------------- | ----- | ---------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------- | - | ----- | ----
|
|Municipal bonds   |       | $                                        | 20,778 |                                           | $ | (21   | )   
|Agency Securities |       |                                          | 62,109 |                                           |   | (88   | )   
|                  |       |                                          |        |                                           |   |       |     
|                  | Total |                                          | $      | 82,887                                    |   | $     | (109
|                  |       |                                          |        |                                           |   |       |     

Contractual
maturities of marketable securities as of December 29, 2007 were as follows (in thousands):

Cost

Market
ValueDue in one year or less

$
62,172

$
62,307Due after one year or to five years


117,377


118,313Due after five years to 10 years


24,981


25,164Due after 10 years


48,985


49,030$
253,515

$
254,814


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Note 3Balance Sheet Components: (Continued)

For
fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006 realized gains and realized losses on sales or maturities of marketable securities were immaterial.



Accounts receivable consisted of trade accounts receivable at December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006. Trade accounts receivable are recorded at the
invoiced amount and do not bear any interest. The Company estimates allowances for doubtful accounts based primarily on analysis of historical trends and experience. The Company reviews its allowance
for doubtful accounts monthly. Past due balances over 90 days and over a specified amount are reviewed individually for collectibility. The Company does not have any
off-balance-sheet credit exposure related to its customers. The allowance
for doubtful accounts consisted of the following activity for years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 (in thousands):

|Description                                |                              | Balance at
Beginning
of Year |   | Additions |  | Deductions |    | Balance at
End of
Year
|------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | - | --------- |  | ---------- | -- | ----------------------
|Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable |                              |                              |   |           |  |            |    |                       
|                                           | Year ended December 31, 2005 |                              | $ | 41        |  | $          | 33 |                       
|                                           | Year ended December 30, 2006 |                              | $ | 74        |  | $          |   |                       
|                                           | Year ended December 29, 2007 |                              | $ | 74        |  | $          |   |                       



The Company accounts for the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the associated asset retirement costs in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations". SFAS No. 143 requires that the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement
obligation be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. In accordance with SFAS No. 143, the fair value of
the liability is added to the carrying amount of the associated asset and this additional carrying amount is amortized over the life of the asset. The Company's asset retirement obligation is
associated with its commitment to return property subject to operating leases in Jubei City Hsinchu, Taiwan, Sungnam, Kyungki-Do, Korea, Yokohama, Japan, Omori Bellport, Japan and
Singapore to original condition upon lease termination. The Company estimated that as of December 29, 2007, gross expected future cash flows of approximately $1,830,000 would be required to
fulfill these obligations.

The
Company has recorded an asset retirement obligation of approximately $1,600,000 and a corresponding increase in leasehold improvements. This amount represents the present value of
expected future cash flows associated with returning the leased property to original condition. This amount is subject to foreign exchange rate fluctuations and has been translated using the exchange
rate at December 29, 2007. The leasehold improvements are being amortized to depreciation and amortization expense over the term of the lease. During the years ended December 29, 2007
and December 30, 2006, approximately $321,000 and $284,000 of the leasehold improvements were amortized to expense.

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Note 3Balance Sheet Components: (Continued)

Following
is a reconciliation of the aggregate retirement liability associated with the Company's commitment to return property to original condition upon lease termination included in
non-current deferred rent and other liabilities (in thousands):

Years EndedDecember 29,
2007

December 30,
2006Asset retirement obligation beginning balance

$
830

$
144Initial amount recorded for new asset retirement obligation


793


767Liabilities settled


(46
)

(70
)Decrease based on revised estimates of asset retirement obligation


(28
)

(55
)Accretion expense


93


44Asset retirement obligation ending balance

$
1,642

$
830




Inventories, net of reserves, consisted of the following (in thousands):

December 29,
2007

December 30,
2006Raw materials

$
12,442

$
7,354Work-in-progress


12,971


9,566Finished goods


3,896


2,006$
29,309

$
18,926




Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

|                                                |  | Useful Life
(in years) |  | December 29,
2007 |         | December 30,
2006 |  
|----------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------- |  | ----------------- | ------- | ----------------- | -
|Buildings                                       |  | 20                     |  |                   | 1,161   |                   | $
|Machinery and equipment                         |  | 5 to 7                 |  |                   | 95,018  |                   |  
|Computer equipment and software                 |  | 3 to 5                 |  |                   | 20,751  |                   |  
|Furniture and fixtures                          |  | 5                      |  |                   | 6,792   |                   |  
|Leasehold improvements                          |  | 1 to 15                |  |                   | 70,494  |                   |  
|                                                |  |                        |  |                   |         |                   |  
|                                                |  |                        |  |                   | 194,216 |                   |  
|Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |                        |  |                   | (86,760 | )                 |  
|                                                |  |                        |  |                   |         |                   |  
|                                                |  |                        |  |                   | 107,456 |                   |  
|Land                                            |  |                        |  |                   | 300     |                   |  
|Construction-in-progress                        |  |                        |  |                   | 23,126  |                   |  
|                                                |  |                        |  |                   |         |                   |  
|                                                |  |                        |  | $                 | 130,882 |                   | $
|                                                |  |                        |  |                   |         |                   |  

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Note 3Balance Sheet Components: (Continued)

Depreciation
and amortization of property and equipment for the years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006, and December 31, 2005 was approximately
$25.2 million $20.5 million, and $14.9 million, respectively.



Accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

December 29,
2007

December 30,
2006Accrued compensation and benefits

$
21,424

$
22,086Accrued commissions


836


958Accrued warranty


1,383


778Other accrued expenses


6,386


4,512$
30,029

$
28,334


Note 4Derivative Financial Instruments

As of December 29, 2007, the Company had one outstanding foreign exchange forward contract to sell 2,975,000,000 Japanese Yen for $26,376,452 with a
contract rate of 113.09 Japanese Yen per U.S. Dollar. This contract was entered into on December 28, 2007 and matures on January 25, 2008, therefore, there was no gain or loss recorded
as of December 29, 2007.

Note 5Commitments and Contingencies:



The Company is subject to U.S. federal, state and local, and foreign governmental laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, including
those governing the discharge of pollutants into the air and water, the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, the clean-up of contaminated sites and the maintenance
of a safe workplace. The Company believes that it complies in all material respects with the environmental laws and regulations that apply to it, including those of the California Department of Toxic
Substances Control, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the City of Livermore Water Resources Division and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health. In fiscal 2007, the
Company received two notices of
violation from the City of Livermore regarding violation of certain applicable waste water discharge limits. For each notice received, the Company promptly investigated the violation, took appropriate
steps to address the cause of the violation, and implemented corrective measures to prevent a recurrence. We have also implemented additional waste water treatment capability in consultation with the
City of Livermore. In addition, we are discussing with the City of Livermore the purchase of additional waste water discharge capacity, which we require as a result of our increased manufacturing
capacity. No provision has been made for loss from environmental remediation liabilities associated with the Company's Livermore facility because the Company believes that it is not probable that a
liability has been incurred as of December 29, 2007.

While
the Company believes that it is in compliance in all material respects with the environmental laws and regulations that apply, in the future, the Company may receive additional
environmental

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Note 5Commitments and Contingencies: (Continued)

violation
notices, and if received, final resolution of the violations identified by these notices could harm the Company's operations, which may adversely impact its operating results and cash flows.
New laws and regulations, stricter enforcement of existing laws and regulations, the discovery of previously unknown contamination at the Company or others' sites or the imposition of new cleanup
requirements could also harm the Company's operations, thereby adversely impacting its operating results and cash flows.



In October 2004, we signed a ten-year lease for an additional 12,000 square feet of primarily research and development space within our current
headquarters and manufacturing campus. The total rent obligation over the term of the lease is $1.0 million and is accounted for as an operating lease. In August 2006, the Company signed an
amendment to the existing lease for the remaining 37,439 square feet of the building leased in October 2004. The term of the lease was extended to 15-years. The total rent obligation over
the amended term of the lease is $8.5 million and is accounted for as an operating lease. The Company also signed a five-year lease for an additional 39,478 square feet of office
space in September 2006. The total rent obligation over the term of the lease is $2.4 million and is accounted for as an operating lease.

The
following table describes our commitments to settle contractual obligations in cash as of December 29, 2007:

|                                           |  | Payments Due In
|------------------------------------------ |  | ---------------
|
|
|Operating leases                           |  | $              
|Inventory and related purchase obligations |  |                
|                                           |  |                
|Total                                      |  | $              
|                                           |  |                

Rent
expense for the years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006, and December 31, 2005, was approximately $5.3 million $4.2 million and
$3.5 million, respectively.

The
table above excludes, liabilities for our unrecognized tax benefits, which totaled $16.7 million as of December 29, 2007 and are classified as deferred and other
long-term tax liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of December 29, 2007, the settlement period for our income tax liabilities cannot be determined; however,
it is not expected to be due within the next twelve months.



The Company from time to time in the ordinary course of its business enters into contractual arrangements with third parties that include indemnification
obligations. Under these contractual arrangements, the Company has agreed to defend, indemnify and/or hold the third party harmless from and against certain losses. These arrangements may limit the
time within which an indemnification claim can be made, the type of the claim and the total amount that the Company can be required to pay in connection with the indemnification obligation. In
addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of its officers, and the Company's bylaws

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Note 5Commitments and Contingencies: (Continued)

contain
indemnification obligations in favor of the Company's directors, officers and agents. It is not possible to determine or reasonably estimate the maximum potential amount of future payments
under these indemnification obligations due to the varying terms of such obligations, the history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular
contractual arrangement and in each potential future claim for indemnification. The Company has not had any requests for indemnification under these arrangements. The Company has not recorded any
liabilities for these indemnification arrangements on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 29, 2007.



From time to time, the Company may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business. For fiscal year ended December 29, 2007,
the Company was not involved in any material legal proceedings, other than the proceedings summarized below. In the future the Company may become a party to additional legal proceedings, including
proceedings designed to protect its intellectual property rights that require the Company to spend significant resources.



The Company is currently involved in patent-related litigation as part of its ongoing efforts to protect the intellectual property embodied in its proprietary
technology, including its MicroSpring interconnect technology. These litigations include two actions that the Company filed in 2004 in Seoul Southern District Court, located in Seoul, South Korea,
against Phicom Corporation, a Korean corporation,
alleging infringement of the Company's Korean Patent Nos. 252,457, entitled "Method of Fabricating Interconnections Using Cantilever Elements and Sacrificial Substrates," 324,064, entitled
"Contact Tip Structures for Microelectronic Interconnection Elements and Methods of Making Same," 278,342, entitled "Method of Altering the Orientation of Probe Elements in a Probe Card Assembly" and
399,210, entitled "Probe Card Assembly;" as well as two actions the Company filed in 2006 in Seoul Central District Court against Phicom alleging infringement of certain claims of its Korean Patent
No. 252,457. The Company's complaints seek injunctive relief. These actions are all pending, except that the Seoul Central District Court has denied the Company's request for the issuance of
preliminary injunctive relief in its 2006 injunction action.

In
response to the Company's infringement actions, Phicom filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, or KIPO, invalidity actions challenging the validity of some or all of the
claims of each of the Company's four patents at issue in the Seoul District Court infringement actions. KIPO dismissed Phicom's challenges against all four of the
patents-at-issue. Phicom appealed the dismissals of the challenges to the Korean Patent Court. The Korean Patent Court has issued rulings holding invalid certain claims of the
Company's Korean Patent Nos. 278,342, 399,210, and 324,064, and also issued a ruling upholding the validity of the Company's Korean Patent No. 252,457. The Company has appealed the
Patent Court invalidity rulings to the Korea Supreme Court. Phicom has appealed the Patent Court ruling on Korean Patent No. 252,457 to the Korea Supreme Court. In September 2007, the Korea
Supreme Court affirmed the Patent Court rulings holding invalid certain claims of the Company's Korean Patent Nos. 278,342 and 399,210. The Korea Supreme Court has not ruled on the Company's
appeal of the Patent Court invalidity ruling regarding the Company's Korean Patent No. 324,064 and Phicom's appeal of the Patent Court ruling upholding our Korean Patent No. 252,457.

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Note 5Commitments and Contingencies: (Continued)

The
Company has also initiated patent infringement litigation in the United States against Phicom and Micronics Japan Co., Ltd. In 2005, the Company filed a patent
infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon against Phicom charging that it is willfully infringing four U.S. patents that cover key aspects of the Company's
wafer probe cardsU.S. Patent Nos. 5,974,662, entitled "Method of Planarizing Tips of Probe Elements of a Probe Card Assembly," 6,246,247, entitled "Probe Card Assembly and Kit, and
Methods of Using Same," 6,624,648, entitled "Probe Card Assembly" and 5,994,152, entitled "Fabricating Interconnects and Tips Using Sacrificial Substrates." In 2006, the Company also filed an amended
complaint in the same Oregon district court that adds two additional patents to the litigation against PhicomU.S. Patent Nos. 7,073,254, entitled "Method for Mounting a Plurality
of Spring Contact Elements" and 6,615,485, entitled "Probe Card Assembly and Kit, And Methods of Making Same." Phicom has answered the complaint and the amended complaint by denying infringement,
alleging defenses and asserting counterclaims seeking adjudications on the validity and enforceability of the Company's patents and whether Phicom is infringing those patents. Also in 2006, the
Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Micronics Japan charging that it is willfully infringing four U.S.
patents that cover key aspects of the Company's wafer probe cardsU.S. Patent Nos. 6,246,247, entitled "Probe Card Assembly and Kit, and Methods of Using Same," 6,509,751, entitled
"Planarizer for a Semiconductor Contactor," 6,624,648, entitled "Probe Card Assembly" and 7,073,254, entitled "Method for Mounting a Plurality of
Spring Contact Elements." Micronics Japan has answered the complaint by denying infringement, alleging defenses and asserting counterclaims seeking adjudications on the validity and enforceability of
the Company's patents and whether Micronics Japan is infringing those patents. The complaints in these actions seek both injunctive relief and monetary damages. These district court actions are stayed
pending resolution of the complaint that the Company filed with the United States International Trade Commission, which is described below.

On
or about November 13, 2007, the Company filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission, or ITC, seeking institution of a formal investigation by the
United States government into the activities of Micronics Japan and Phicom, and their respective U.S. subsidiaries. The requested investigation encompasses U.S. Patent Nos. 5,994,152, entitled
"Fabricating Interconnects and Tips Using Sacrificial Substrates," 6,509,751, entitled "Planarizer for a Semiconductor Contactor," 6,615,485, entitled "Probe Card Assembly and Kit, And Methods of
Making Same," 6,624,648, entitled "Probe Card Assembly," 7,168,162, entitled "Method of Manufacturing a Probe Card" and 7,225,538, entitled "Resilient Contact Structures Formed and Then Attached to a
Substrate," and alleges that infringement by each of Micronics Japan and Phicom of certain of the identified patents constitute unfair acts in violation of 19 U.S.C. Section 1337. In the
ITC complaint, the Company alleges violations of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States of certain probe card assemblies, components thereof and certain
tested DRAM and NAND flash memory devices and products containing same that infringe patents owned by FormFactor, and requests a permanent exclusion order banning importation of infringing products
into the United States.

On
or about December 13, 2007, the ITC provided public notice that it voted to institute an investigation of certain probe card assemblies, components thereof and certain tested
DRAM and NAND flash memory devices and products containing same. The products at issue in this investigation

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Note 5Commitments and Contingencies: (Continued)

are
probe card assemblies, which are used to test semiconductor devices that have been fabricated on silicon wafers, memory chips that have been so tested, and products containing such chips.

By
instituting this investigation (337-TA-621), the ITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. The case will be referred to the Honorable
Theodore R. Essex, an ITC administrative law judge, who will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of Section 337; that initial determination is subject to review by
the Commission. The ITC will make a final determination in the investigation at the earliest practicable time. The ITC has announced a target hearing date of September 8, 2008. ITC remedial
orders in Section 337 cases are effective when issued and become final 60 days after issuance unless disapproved for policy reasons by the U.S. Trade Representative within that
60-day period. The Company is in the discovery phase of the ITC proceeding.

Additionally,
one or more third parties have initiated challenges in foreign patent offices against other of the Company's patents. These actions include proceedings filed in Korea
against two of the
Company's Korean patents and proceedings filed in Taiwan against four of the Company's Taiwan patents.

No
provision has been made for patent-related litigation because the Company believes that it is not probable that a liability had been incurred as of December 29, 2007.



On October 31, 2007, a plaintiff filed a purported stockholder class action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in
which the Company and certain of its current officers, including one officer who is a director, are named as defendants under the caption "Danny McCasland, Individually and on Behalf of All Others
Similarly Situated v. FormFactor, Inc., Igor Y. Khandros, Ronald C. Foster and Richard M. Freeman." Subsequently, plaintiffs filed two other purported stockholder class actions in the United
States District Court for the Northern District of California under the captions "Yuk Ling Lui, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. FormFactor, Inc., Igor Y. Khandros,
Ronald C. Foster and Richard M. Freeman," and "Victor Albertazzi, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. FormFactor, Inc., Igor Y. Khandros, Ronald C. Foster and Richard
M. Freeman." The three actions have been consolidated. The plaintiffs filed these actions following the Company's restatement of its financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 30,
2006, for each of the fiscal quarters for that year, and for the fiscal quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2007. The plaintiffs claim violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a), and
Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, alleging that the defendants knowingly issued materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business and
financial results prior to the restatements. The plaintiffs seek to recover unspecified monetary damages, equitable relief and attorneys' fees and costs.

No
provision has been made for the securities litigation because the Company believes that it is not probable that a liability had been incurred as of December 29, 2007.



On November 19, 2007, a plaintiff filed a purported stockholder derivative action in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of
Alameda in which the Company is named as a nominal defendant and certain of its directors and officers are named as defendants under the caption

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Note 5Commitments and Contingencies: (Continued)

"John
King, Derivatively on Behalf of Nominal Defendant FormFactor, Inc. v. Dr. Igor Y. Khandros, Dr. Homa Bahrami, Dr. Thomas J. Campbell, G. Carl Everett, Jr., Lothar
Maier, James A. Prestridge, Harvey A. Wagner, Ronald C. Foster and Richard M. Freeman, and FormFactor, Inc." Subsequently, another plaintiff filed a second purported stockholder class
action in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda under the caption "Joseph Priestley, Derivatively on Behalf of FormFactor, Inc. v. Igor Y. Khandros, Mario
Ruscev, James A. Prestridge, Thomas J. Campbell, Harvey A. Wagner, G. Carl Everett, Jr., Homa Bahrami, Lothar Maier, William H. Davidow and Joseph R. Bronson, and FormFactor, Inc." The
plaintiffs filed these actions following the Company's restatement of its financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2006, for each of the fiscal quarters for that year, and
for the fiscal quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2007. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties and violated applicable law by issuing, and permitting
the Company to issue, materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business and financial results prior to the restatements. The plaintiffs seek to recover monetary damages, and
attorneys' fees and costs.

No
provision has been made for the stockholder derivative litigation because the Company believes that it is not probable that a liability had been incurred as of December 29,
2007.

We
believe that the factual allegations and circumstances underlying the legal proceedings in this Note 5 filed against us are without merit. We also believe that we do not have a
material monetary damages exposure in these legal proceedings that would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations;
however, these legal proceedings have been costly and it is possible we will incur significant, and possibly material, attorneys' fees, which may not be covered by our insurance policies. These legal
proceedings may also divert our management's time and attention away from business operations, which could prove to be disruptive to our business operations. In addition, an unfavorable outcome or
settlement of these proceedings, particularly if it is not covered by or exceeds our insurance coverage, could individually or in the aggregate adversely impact our financial condition, liquidity or
results of operations.

Note 6Stock-Based Compensation

Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123 (R), using the modified prospective transition method. SFAS 123
(R) requires companies to recognize the cost of employee services received in exchange for awards of equity instruments based upon the grant-date fair value of those awards. Using
the modified prospective transition method, the Company began recognizing compensation expense for equity-based awards granted after December 31, 2005 plus unvested awards granted prior to
December 31, 2005. Stock-based compensation expense for unvested awards granted prior to December 31, 2005 is amortized based on the measurement of fair value under SFAS No. 123,
while awards granted after December 31, 2005 are measured under the guidance of SFAS No. 123 (R). Under this method of implementation no restatement of prior periods has been made. The
cumulative effect related to the implementation of this new accounting principle as of January 1, 2006 was not material.

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Note 6Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

The table below shows the impact of stock-based compensation on the statement of operations of charges recognized for stock-based compensation payments based on
SFAS 123(R).

|                                                   |                              | Years Ended |       
|-------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------- | ------
|
|
|Stock-based compensation expense by type of award: |                              |             |       
|                                                   | Employee stock options(1)    |             | $     
|                                                   | Employee stock purchase plan |             |       
|                                                   | Restricted stock units(2)    |             |       
|Amounts capitalized as inventory                   |                              |             | (171  
|                                                   |                              |             |       
|Total stock-based compensation                     |                              |             | 25,920
|Tax effect on stock-based compensation             |                              |             | (8,702
|                                                   |                              |             |       
|Effect on net income                               |                              | $           | 17,218
|                                                   |                              |             |       

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Prior
to January 1, 2006, the Company measured compensation expense for its employee equity-based compensation plans using the intrinsic value method under APB No. 25 and
related interpretations. In connection with the grant of stock options to employees in fiscal 2001, fiscal 2002 and fiscal 2003 through the Company's initial public offering, the Company recorded
stock-based compensation expense under the provisions of APB No. 25 as these options were considered compensatory because the fair value of the Company's stock determined for financial
reporting purposes was greater than the fair value determined at the date of the grant. As of December 31, 2005, the Company had an aggregate of $1.5 million of stock-based compensation
remaining to be amortized related to these options under the intrinsic valuation method.

In
addition, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense related to the issuance of restricted stock. As of December 31, 2005, the Company had an aggregate of
$1.0 million of unamortized stock-based compensation related to restricted stock.

Prior
to fiscal 2006, the Company applied the disclosure-only provisions of SFAS No. 123. The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per
share for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 if the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 had been applied to

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Note 6Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

options
granted under the Company's equity-based employee compensation plans. For purposes of this pro forma disclosure, the estimated value of the options is recognized over the options' vesting
periods.

|                                                                                                                                   |             | Year Ended
December 31, 2005 |        
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------- | -------
|
|Net income, as reported                                                                                                            |             | $                            | 30,182 
|Add: Stock-based compensation expense included in reported net income, net of tax                                                  |             |                              | 2,923  
|Deduct: Total stock-based compensation expense determined under the minimum and fair-value-based method for all awards, net of tax |             |                              | (11,574
|                                                                                                                                   |             |                              |        
|Pro forma net income                                                                                                               |             | $                            | 21,531 
|                                                                                                                                   |             |                              |        
|Net income per share                                                                                                               |             |                              |        
|Basic:                                                                                                                             |             |                              |        
|                                                                                                                                   | As reported |                              | $      
|                                                                                                                                   |             |                              |        
|                                                                                                                                   | Pro-forma   |                              | $      
|                                                                                                                                   |             |                              |        
|Diluted:                                                                                                                           |             |                              |        
|                                                                                                                                   | As reported |                              | $      
|                                                                                                                                   |             |                              |        
|                                                                                                                                   | Pro-forma   |                              | $      
|                                                                                                                                   |             |                              |        

For
purposes of the weighted-average estimated fair value calculations, the fair value of each stock option grant and employee purchase right is estimated on the date of grant using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following assumptions:

Year Ended
December 31, 2005Stock Options:Dividend yield

Expected volatility

48.0
%Risk-free interest rate

4.17
%Expected life (in years)

4.5ESPP:Dividend yield

Expected volatility

48.0
%Risk-free interest rate

3.23
%Expected life (in years)

0.5




The exercise price of each stock option equals the market price of the Company's stock on the date of grant. Most options are scheduled to vest over four years
and expire in either seven or ten years from the grant date. The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. In addition, the
Company estimates forfeitures when

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Note 6Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

recognizing
compensation expense, and will adjust its estimate of forfeitures over the requisite service period based on the extent to which actual forfeitures differ, or are expected to differ, from
such estimates. Changes in estimated forfeitures will be recognized as a change in estimate in the period of change and will also impact the amount of compensation expense to be recognized in future
periods.

The
following weighted-average assumptions were used in the estimated grant-date fair value calculations for stock options:

Years EndedDecember 29,
2007

December 30,
2006Stock Options:Dividend yield



Expected volatility

45.2
%
50.2
%Risk-free interest rate

4.47

4.89
%Expected life (in years)

4.7

4.8


The
Company's computation of expected volatility for fiscal 2007 and 2006 was based on a combination of historical and market-based implied volatility from traded options on the
Company's common stock. The Company believes that including market-based implied volatility in the calculation of expected volatility results in a more accurate measure of the volatility expected in
future periods. Prior to fiscal 2006, the computation of expected volatility was based entirely on historical volatility. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield
curve in effect at the time of the grant for periods corresponding with the expected life of an option. When establishing the expected life of a newly granted option, the Company applies the
simplified method approach as outlined in Staff Accounting Bulleting No. 107. The simplified method is based on the vesting period and the contractual term for each grant, or for each
vesting-tranche for awards with graded vesting. The mid-point between the vesting date and the expiration date is used as the expected term under this method.

During
fiscal 2007, the Company granted approximately 1,734,000 stock options with an estimated total grant-date fair value of $31.5 million. For fiscal 2006, the
Company granted approximately 2,228,000 stock options with an estimated total grant-date fair value of $41.4 million. As of December 29, 2007, the unamortized stock-based
compensation balance related to stock options was $46.4 million after estimated forfeitures, which will be recognized over an estimated period of 1.9 years based on the weighted-average
days to vest. Approximately $171,000 of stock-based compensation was capitalized in inventory for the year ended December 29, 2007.



The ESPP provides that eligible employees may contribute up to 15% of their eligible earnings toward the semi-annual purchase of the Company's common
stock. Under the ESPP, employees may purchase the Company's common stock through payroll deductions at a price equal to 85% of the lower of the fair market value at the beginning of the applicable
offering period or at the end of each applicable purchase period. Each offering period has generally been two years in length, consisting of four six month purchase periods. Effective from
February 1, 2007, the new offering periods under the ESPP are a 12 month fixed offering period commencing on February 1 of each calendar year and

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Note 6Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

ending
on January 31 of the subsequent calendar year, and a six month fixed offering period commencing on August 1 of each calendar year and ending on January 31 of the subsequent
calendar year. The 12 month offering period consists of two six month purchase periods and the six month offering period consists of one six month purchase period. During the year ended
December 29, 2007, 253,253 shares were issued under the ESPP. As of December 29, 2007, the Company had $0.2 million of total unrecognized stock-based compensation, net of
estimated forfeitures related to ESPP grants, which will be recognized over the weighted average period of 0.2 years. Compensation expense is calculated using the fair value of the employees'
purchase rights under the Black-Scholes model. The following assumptions were used in the estimated fair value calculations for the employees' purchase rights:

Years EndedDecember 29,
2007

December 30,
2006ESPP:Dividend yield



Expected volatility

37.9%50.2%

44.2%61.8%Risk-free interest rate

4.96%5.16%

3.69%5.18%Expected life (in years)

0.501.00

0.492.00




Restricted stock units are converted into shares of the Company's common stock upon vesting on a one-for-one basis. The vesting of
restricted stock units is subject to the employee's continuing service to the Company. The cost of these awards is determined using the fair value of the Company's common stock on the date of the
grant, and compensation cost is recognized over the vesting period. Restricted stock units generally vest over four years.

Activity
of the restricted stock units under the Company's equity compensation plans for the year ended December 29, 2007 is set forth below:

Shares

Weighted
Average Grant
Date Fair ValueRestricted stock units at December 25, 2004

38,432

$
26.02Granted

17,000


23.56Restricted stock units at December 31, 2005

55,432


25.27Vested

(18,108
)

24.87Restricted stock units at December 30, 2006

37,324


25.46Granted

13,650


38.46Vested(1)

(28,824
)

26.02Restricted stock units at December 29, 2007

22,150

$
32.74




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Note 6Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)



The
total aggregate intrinsic value of restricted stock units outstanding as of December 29, 2007 is $0.7 million. Aggregate intrinsic value is calculated using the closing
price of the Company's common stock on December 29, 2007 multiplied by the number of restricted stock units outstanding at December 29, 2007.

As
of December 29, 2007, the Company had $0.5 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation costs related to restricted stock unit grants, which will be recognized over
the weighted average remaining contractual term of 1.2 year. As of December 29, 2007, the Company expected 22,150 restricted stock units to vest.

Note 7Stockholders' Equity:



The Company has authorized 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock, $0.001 par value, none of which is issued and outstanding. The Company's Board of
Directors shall determine the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the preferred stock, including dividends rights, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, liquidation
preferences, sinking fund terms and the number of shares constituting any series or the designation of any series.



Each share of common stock has the right to one vote. The holders of common stock are also entitled to receive dividends whenever funds are legally available and
when declared by the Board of Directors, subject to the prior rights of holders of all classes of stock outstanding having priority rights as to dividends. No dividends have been declared or paid as
of December 29, 2007.



In September 2000, the Company entered into a seven year technology license agreement to transfer technology to a related party. In connection with the license
agreement, the Company issued a warrant to purchase 45,500 shares of Series F redeemable convertible preferred stock, now common stock, at an exercise price of $11.00 per share. The warrant was
fully vested upon grant and nonforfeitable. This warrant expired on September 22, 2005 unexercised. The fair value of this warrant, estimated on the
date of grant using a Black-Scholes model, of $306,220 has been capitalized as other asset, and has been amortized against revenue using the straight-line method over the expected life of
the technology of five years.



The Company has options to purchase shares of common stock outstanding under the 1996 Stock Option Plan, the Incentive Option Plan and the Management Incentive
Option Plan (the "Plans") for which it has reserved shares for issuance upon exercise of these options. Since the effectiveness of the Company's 2002 Equity Incentive Plan in connection with the
Company's initial public offering, the Company does not grant any options under the Plans. Under the Plans, the Board of Directors had the authority to issue incentive stock options to employees and
nonqualified stock options and stock

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Note 7Stockholders' Equity: (Continued)

purchase
rights to consultants and employees of the Company. The Board of Directors had the authority to determine to whom options would be granted, the number of shares, the term and exercise price
(which could not be less than fair market value at date of grant for incentive stock options or 85% of fair market value for nonqualified stock options). If an employee owned stock representing more
than 10% of the outstanding shares, the price of each share would be at least 110% of the fair market value, as determined by the Board of Directors. Generally, all options are immediately exercisable
and vest 25% on the first anniversary of the vesting commencement date and on a monthly basis thereafter for a period of an additional three years. The options have a maximum term of ten years.
Unvested option exercises are subject to repurchase upon termination of the holder's status as an employee or consultant. At December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006 no shares of common
stock, were subject to the Company's right of repurchase.

On
April 18, 2002, the Board of Directors adopted the 2002 Equity Incentive Plan ("2002 Plan"), which became effective upon the effective date of the initial public offering of
the Company's common stock. The 2002 Plan provides for the grant of both, incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units. The incentive stock
options may be granted to the Company's employees and the nonqualified stock options, and all awards other than incentive stock options, may be granted to employees, directors and consultants. The
exercise price of incentive stock options must be at least equal to the fair market value of common stock on the date of grant. The exercise price of incentive stock options granted to 10%
stockholders must be at least equal to 110% of the fair market value of common stock on the date of grant and vest over five years. Options granted under the 2002 Plan are exercisable as determined by
the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, and for options granted on or before February 9, 2006, the options generally expire ten years from date of grant, and for options granted
after February 9, 2006, the options generally expire seven years from the date of grant. The Company initially reserved 500,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the 2002 Plan plus any
shares that have been reserved but not issued under the Plans and the 1995 Option Plan plus any shares repurchased at the original purchase price and any options which expire, thereafter. In addition,
on each January 1, the number of shares available for issuance under the 2002 Plan will be increased by an amount equal to 5.0% of the outstanding shares of common stock on the preceding day.

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Note 7Stockholders' Equity: (Continued)

Activity
under the Plans and the 2002 Plan is set forth below (in thousands, except share and per share data):

|                            |  |            |   | Outstanding Options
|--------------------------- |  | ---------- | - | -------------------
|
|Balances, December 25, 2004 |  | 3,403,716  |   | 5,822,696          
|Additional shares reserved  |  | 1,944,281  |   |                   
|Options granted             |  | (2,476,543 | ) | 2,476,543          
|Awards granted              |  | (17,000    | ) |                   
|Options exercised           |  |           |   | (1,042,373         
|Options expired             |  |           |   | (15,000            
|Options canceled            |  | 653,939    |   | (653,939           
|                            |  |            |   |                    
|Balances, December 31, 2005 |  | 3,508,393  |   | 6,587,927          
|                            |  |            |   |                    
|Additional shares reserved  |  | 2,011,884  |   |                   
|Options granted             |  | (2,228,427 | ) | 2,228,427          
|Options exercised           |  |           |   | (1,396,751         
|Options canceled            |  | 300,707    |   | (300,707           
|                            |  |            |   |                    
|Balances, December 30, 2006 |  | 3,592,557  |   | 7,118,896          
|                            |  |            |   |                    
|Additional shares reserved  |  | 2,343,067  |   |                   
|Options granted             |  | (1,729,168 | ) | 1,729,168          
|Awards granted              |  | (13,650    | ) |                   
|Options exercised           |  |           |   | (1,498,847         
|Options canceled            |  | 737,721    |   | (737,721           
|                            |  |            |   |                    
|Balances, December 29, 2007 |  | 4,930,527  |   | 6,611,496          
|                            |  |            |   |                    

The
options outstanding and vested by exercise price at December 29, 2007 are as follows:

|              |  |           |  | Options Outstanding |  | Options Exercisable
|------------- |  | --------- |  | ------------------- |  | -------------------
|
|
|$2.50-$17.51  |  | 1,110,184 |  | 4.34                |  | $                  
|$17.53-$23.56 |  | 1,191,404 |  | 6.43                |  |                    
|$23.74-$31.46 |  | 1,138,382 |  | 7.50                |  |                    
|$36.01-$39.06 |  | 1,105,710 |  | 5.61                |  |                    
|$39.66-$41.39 |  | 1,663,635 |  | 5.98                |  |                    
|$41.68-47.63  |  | 402,181   |  | 6.11                |  |                    
|              |  |           |  |                     |  |                    
|              |  | 6,611,496 |  | 5.99                |  | $                  
|              |  |           |  |                     |  |                    

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Note 7Stockholders' Equity: (Continued)

The
number of options outstanding and vested at December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006 was 2,902,777 and 2,615,080, respectively.

The
options vested and expected to vest at December 29, 2007 are as follows:

Options Vested and Expected to VestNumber Vested and
Expected to Vest

Weighted Average
Exercise Price

Weighted Average
Remaining Contractual
Term (in years)

Aggregate Intrinsic Value(in thousands)6,152,661

$
28.52

5.78

$
30,456


The
aggregate intrinsic value in the tables above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value based on the Company's closing stock price of $33.47 on December 29,
2007. The total number of in-the-money options vested and exercisable as of December 29, 2007 was 2,428,389.

The
weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during fiscal 2007 was $18.01. The intrinsic value of option exercises for fiscal 2007 was $37.7 million.
Cash received from stock option exercises was $27.0 million. In connection with these exercises, the gross tax benefit realized by the Company was $9.2 million.

The
weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during fiscal 2006 was $18.57. The intrinsic value of option exercises for fiscal 2006 was $41.3 million.
Cash received from stock option exercises was $16.2 million. In connection with these exercises, the gross tax benefit realized by the Company was $14.5 million.

The
Company settles employee stock option exercises with newly issued common shares.



On April 18, 2002, the Board of Directors approved the 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("2002 ESPP"). The 2002 ESPP is designed to enable eligible
employees to purchase shares of common stock at a discount on a periodic basis through payroll deductions. Each offering period has generally been two years in length, consisting of four six month
purchase periods. Effective from February 1, 2007, the new offering periods under the ESPP are a 12 month fixed offering period commencing on February 1 of each calendar year and
ending on January 31 of the subsequent calendar year, and a six month fixed offering period commencing on August 1 of each calendar year and ending on January 31 of the subsequent
calendar year. The 12 month offering period consists of two six month purchase periods and the six month offering period consists of one six month purchase period. The price of the common stock
purchased is 85% of the lesser of the fair market value of the common stock on the first day of the applicable offering period or the last day of each purchase period. 1,500,000 shares of common stock
were initially reserved for issuance under the 2002 ESPP. In addition, the number of shares available for issuance under the 2002 ESPP will be increased on each January 1 by an amount equal to
1.0% of the outstanding shares of common stock on the preceding day. During fiscal 2007, 253,253 shares were purchased under this program at a weighted average exercise price of $25.92. During fiscal
2006, 209,789 shares were purchased under this program at a weighted average exercise price of $21.40. During fiscal 2005, 285,926 shares were purchased under this program at a weighted average
exercise price of $12.88.

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Note 8Income Taxes:

The components of income (loss) before income taxes were as follows (in thousands):

Years EndedDecember 29,
2007

December 30,
2006

December 31,
2005Federal

$
134,727

$
82,555

$
39,871Foreign


(18,487
)

(190
)

(1,379
)$
116,240

$
82,365

$
38,492


The
components of the provision for income taxes are as follows (in thousands):

Years EndedDecember 29,
2007

December 30,
2006

December 31,
2005Current provision:Federal

$
48,718

$
27,477

$
14,089State


802


2,328


1,469Foreign


3,002


947


45452,522


30,752


16,012Deferred provision (benefit):Federal


(9,137
)

(4,128
)

(5,706
)State


585


(1,476
)

(1,996
)Foreign


(620
)




(9,172
)

(5,604
)

(7,702
)Total provision for income taxes

$
43,350

$
25,148

$
8,310


In
fiscal 2007, the Company began implementing its global manufacturing plan which is designed in part to align the structure of its worldwide affiliates with its geographic mix of
customers. To effect this alignment, the Company initiated the first phase of its current plan to establish a new manufacturing facility in Singapore. A significant element of the new structure
involves the sharing of certain expenses related to the development of intangible property. The geographic breakout of pre-tax income reflects the changes made to global cost allocations
and additional intercompany expenses incurred by the Company's foreign subsidiaries resulting from the implementation of this plan. The impact of this alignment caused the Company's effective tax rate
to increase by 7 percentage points in fiscal 2007.

At
December 29, 2007, the Company had research credit carryforwards of approximately $99,000 for state income tax purposes. The state research credit can be carried forward
indefinitely.

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Note 8Income Taxes: (Continued)

The
components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

Years EndedDecember 29,
2007

December 30,
2006Tax credits

$
99

$
1,032Inventory reserve


15,834


11,238Other reserves and accruals


5,611


4,269Non-statutory stock options


10,858


6,822Foreign net operating loss carryforwards and other


2,007


1,331Gross deferred tax assets


34,409


24,692Valuation allowance


(1,387
)

(1,440
)Total deferred tax assets


33,022


23,252Unrealized investment gains


(515
)

Depreciation and amortization


(4,474
)

(4,067
)Total deferred tax liabilities


(4,989
)

(4,067
)Net deferred tax assets

$
28,033

$
19,185


Management
periodically evaluates the recoverability of the deferred tax assets and recognizes the tax benefit only as reassessment demonstrates that they are realizable. At such time,
if it is determined that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets are realizable; the valuation allowance will be adjusted. As of December 29, 2007 and December 31, 2006,
the Company has provided a valuation allowance for certain foreign deferred tax assets that it believes are more likely than not unrealizable.

The
allowance against deferred tax assets consisted of the following activity for the years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 (in
thousands):

|Description                           |                              | Balance at
Beginning
of Year |   | Additions |  | Deductions |     | Balance at
End of
Year
|------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- | - | --------- |  | ---------- | --- | ----------------------
|Allowance against deferred tax assets |                              |                              |   |           |  |            |     |                       
|                                      | Year ended December 31, 2005 |                              | $ | 358       |  | $          | 452 |                       
|                                      | Year ended December 30, 2006 |                              | $ | 779       |  | $          | 661 |                       
|                                      | Year ended December 29, 2007 |                              | $ | 1,440     |  | $          | 68  |                       

The
Company has not provided for U.S. deferred taxes on approximately $2.1 million in undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries since these earnings are intended to be
reinvested indefinitely.

Tax
benefits of $9.2 million, $14.5 million, and $6.1 million in fiscal 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively, associated with the exercise of employee stock options
and other employee stock programs were credited to stockholders' equity.

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Note 8Income Taxes: (Continued)

The
items accounting for the difference between income taxes computed and the provision for income taxes consisted of:

|                                                             |       | Years Ended |       
|------------------------------------------------------------ | ----- | ----------- | ------
|
|U.S. statutory federal tax rate                              |       | $           | 40,684
|State taxes and credits, net of federal benefit              |       |             | 4,129 
|Amortization of stock-based compensation, net of tax benefit |       |             | 2,272 
|Research and development credits                             |       |             | (4,401
|Foreign net operating losses                                 |       |             | 7,905 
|Tax exempt interest and other permanent differences          |       |             | (7,295
|Tax benefits from recognition of prior years' tax credits    |       |             |      
|Change in valuation allowance                                |       |             | 56    
|                                                             |       |             |       
|                                                             | Total |             | $     
|                                                             |       |             |       

On
December 31, 2006, the Company adopted FIN 48. As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the Company's tax assets and liabilities did not differ from the
assets and liabilities before adoption; therefore, the Company did not record any adjustments as of the adoption date. In addition, consistent with the provisions of FIN 48, the Company
reclassified $9.8 million of income tax liabilities from current to non-current liabilities because payment of cash is not anticipated within one year of the balance sheet date and
the Company is unable to make a reasonably reliable estimate when cash settlement with a taxing authority will occur. At the adoption date of December 31, 2006, the Company had
$16.7 million of total gross unrecognized tax benefits. Of this total, $14.0 million, net of the federal benefit on state issues, of unrecognized tax benefits would impact our effective
tax rate if recognized.

At
December 29, 2007, we had gross tax-affected unrecognized tax benefits of $20.5 million of which $16.7 million if recognized, would impact the
effective tax rate.

The
reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits for fiscal 2007 is as follows (in thousands):

Unrecognized tax benefit beginning balance

$
16,696Additions based on tax positions related to the current year


5,772Additions for tax positions of prior years


702Reductions for tax positions of prior years


(347
)Reductions for tax positions due to a lapse of the applicable statute of limitations


(2,326
)Settlements


Unrecognized tax benefit ending balance

$
20,497


The
Company classifies interest and penalties as part of income tax expense. The Company recognized interest expense of $705,000, $363,000, and $206,000 for fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005,
respectively. The Company continues to recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. Upon adoption of FIN 48 the Company had approximately $545,000
of accrued interest and $0 of penalties related to uncertain tax positions. As of December 29, 2007, the

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Note 8Income Taxes: (Continued)

Company
had approximately $866,000 of accrued interest and $0 of penalties related to uncertain tax positions.

The
amount of income taxes we pay is subject to ongoing audits by federal, state and foreign tax authorities which might result in proposed assessments. Our estimate for the potential
outcome for any uncertain tax issue is judgmental in nature. However, we believe we have adequately provided for any reasonably foreseeable outcome related to those matters. Our future results may
include favorable or unfavorable adjustments to our estimated tax liabilities in the period the assessments are made or resolved or when statutes of limitation on potential assessments expire. As of
December 29, 2007, changes to our uncertain tax positions in the next 12 months, that are reasonably possible, are not expected to have a significant impact on our financial position or
results of operation.

The
Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various states and non-U.S. jurisdictions. The Company is no longer subject to U.S.
federal, state and local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years prior to 2001. The Company is currently under examination by the United States Internal Revenue
Service for fiscal year 2004 and the State of California Franchise Tax Board for fiscal years 2004 and 2005.

Note 9Employee Benefit Plan:

In 1996, the Company adopted a retirement plan which is qualified under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Eligible employees may make
voluntary contributions to the retirement plan of up to 25% of their annual compensation, not to exceed the statutory amount, and the Company may make matching contributions. The Company recorded
expenses for matching contributions of $1.2 million, $1.0 million, and $0.6 million during fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

The
Company provides a tax-qualified profit sharing retirement plan for the benefit of eligible employees in the U.S. The plan is designed to provide employees with an
accumulation of funds for retirement on a tax-deferred basis and provide for annual discretionary employer contributions. The Company expensed $6.2 million, $4.9 million, and
$2.3 million, for the qualified U.S. profit sharing retirement plan in fiscal 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively.

Note 10Operating Segment and Geographic Information:

The Company operates in one segment consisting of the design, development, manufacture, sale and support of precision, high performance advanced semiconductor
wafer probe cards. In accordance with SFAS No. 131 ("SFAS No. 131"), "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information," the Company's chief operating decision-maker
is as the Chief Executive Officer, who reviews operating results to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance for the entire company. Since the Company operates in one
segment and in one group of similar products and services, all financial segment and product line information required by SFAS No. 131 can be found in the consolidated financial statements.

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Note 10Operating Segment and Geographic Information: (Continued)

The
following table summarizes revenue by country based upon invoicing location:

Years EndedDecember 29,
2007

December 30,
2006

December 31,
2005United States

30.7
%
29.5
%
34.2
%Taiwan

20.9

25.6

25.4Japan

28.6

30.0

26.2Germany

3.4

3.3

6.6Other

16.4

11.6

7.6Total

100.0
%
100.0
%
100.0
%


Net
property and equipment by country was as follows (in thousands):

December 29,
2007

December 30,
2006United States

$
117,716

$
88,775Singapore


5,027


Japan


4,092


2,551Korea


2,739


1,314Taiwan


972


1,041Germany


336


383Total

$
130,882

$
94,064


The
following customers represented greater than 10% of the Company's revenues in fiscal 2007, 2006, and 2005:

Fiscal
2007

Fiscal
2006

Fiscal
2005Elpida

26.2
%
22.7
%
22.7
%Spansion

14.4

*

*Powerchip

12.4

12.0

*Intel Corporation

10.0

12.6

11.8Spirox Corporation

*

*

23.0Samsung

*

*

15.3




Note 11Departure of Executive Officer

On January 30, 2007, the Company entered into a Separation Agreement and General Release (the "Separation Agreement") with its former President and member
of the Office of the Chief Executive, Joseph R. Bronson, who resigned from the Company effective January 5, 2007. Mr. Bronson also resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company
effective January 5, 2007.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT (Continued)

Note 11Departure of Executive Officer (Continued)

In
conjunction with the Separation Agreement, the Company recorded a charge of approximately $1.8 million in the first quarter of 2007 consisting primarily of a $400,000 severance
payment and approximately $1.4 million in stock-based compensation resulting from the accelerated vesting of a portion of his unvested stock options and restricted stock units.

Note 12Subsequent Events



On January 4, 2008, the Company announced the appointment of Mario Ruscev as President, reporting to Igor Khandros, CEO, and as a member of the Board of
Directors, both appointments effective January 7, 2008.

Under
Dr. Ruscev's Letter Agreement with the Company ("Letter Agreement"), Dr. Ruscev will be paid an annual base salary of $500,000 and is eligible to receive a bonus
under the Company's Key Employee Bonus Plan at a target rate of 100% of base salary with the opportunity to earn 200% of base salary based on achievement of certain objectives. For 2008, his annual
bonus is guaranteed at 100% of base salary. He was also paid a sign-on bonus of $100,000. The Company will pay reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with the execution
of the Letter Agreement not to exceed $10,000. The Company will reimburse Dr. Ruscev for his reasonable moving expenses from Paris, France and will provide him with a relocation allowance not
to exceed two months of his annual base salary.

Also
under the Letter Agreement, on January 7, 2008 Dr. Ruscev was granted a stock option under the 2002 Plan to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company's common stock with
an estimated grant date fair value of approximately $1.4 million that vests over 4 years, with 25% vesting on January 7, 2009 and the remainder vesting in equal monthly
installments over the following three years. Dr. Ruscev was also granted, restricted stock units under the 2002 Plan, with a grant date fair value of approximately $1.2 million that
represent the right to receive 40,000 shares of the Company's common stock upon vesting. The restricted stock units will vest in four equal installments on January 7 of each of 2009, 2010, 2011
and 2012.



The Company announced on February 5, 2008 its commitment to implement a cost reduction plan that will include reducing its global workforce by
approximately 14%. The plan is designed to restructure the company to better align with the market environment. The majority of the activities comprising the cost reduction plan are expected to be
completed by the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2008. The Company expects to record charges in the range of $4.0 to $5.0 million related to the cost reduction plan, with the majority of the
charges being recorded in the first quarter of fiscal 2008 when paid. The majority of the charges associated with the cost reduction plan are expected to result in future cash expenditures.

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Set forth below is a list of exhibits that are being filed or incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

|       |  |                                                                                                                                        |  | Incorporated by Reference |  |            |  |         
|------ |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------- |  | ---------- |  | --------
|
|3.01   |  | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 17, 2003     |  | S-1                       |  | 333-109815 |  | 10/20/03
|3.02   |  | Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant                                                                                          |  | 8-K                       |  | 000-50307  |  | 5/25/05 
|4.01   |  | Specimen Common Stock Certificate                                                                                                      |  | S-1/A                     |  | 333-86738  |  | 5/28/02 
|4.02   |  | Sixth Amended and Restated Rights Agreement by and among the Registrant and certain stockholders of the Registrant dated July 13, 2001 |  | S-1                       |  | 333-86738  |  | 4/22/02 
|4.03   |  | Stockholders Agreement by and among the Registrant, Dr. Igor Y. Khandros, Susan Bloch and Richard Hoffman dated February 9, 1994       |  | S-1                       |  | 333-86738  |  | 4/22/02 
|4.04   |  | Stockholders Agreement by and among the Registrant, Dr. Igor Y. Khandros, Susan Bloch and Milton Ohring dated April 11, 1994           |  | S-1                       |  | 333-86738  |  | 4/22/02 
|4.05   |  | Stockholders Agreement by and among the Registrant, Dr. Igor Y. Khandros, Susan Bloch and Benjamin Eldridge dated August 12, 1994      |  | S-1                       |  | 333-86738  |  | 4/22/02 
|4.06   |  | Stockholders Agreement by and among the Registrant, Dr. Igor Y. Khandros, Susan Bloch and Charles Baxley, P.C. dated September 8, 1994 |  | S-1                       |  | 333-86738  |  | 4/22/02 
|10.01+ |  | Form of Indemnity Agreement                                                                                                            |  | S-1/A                     |  | 333-86738  |  | 5/28/02 
|10.02+ |  | Form of Change of Control Severance Agreement                                                                                          |  | 10-K                      |  | 000-50307  |  | 3/14/05 
|10.03+ |  | 1996 Stock Option Plan, and form of option grant                                                                                       |  | S-1                       |  | 333-86738  |  | 4/22/02 
|10.04+ |  | Incentive Option Plan, and form of option grant                                                                                        |  | S-1                       |  | 333-86738  |  | 4/22/02 
|10.05+ |  | Management Incentive Option Plan, and form of option grant                                                                             |  | S-1                       |  | 333-86738  |  | 4/22/02 
|10.06+ |  | 2002 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and forms of plan agreements                                                                   |  |                          |  |           |  |        

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|10.07+ |  | 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended                                                                                                                              |  | 10-Q  |  | 000-50307 |  | 8/7/07   |  | 10.01 |  |  
|------ |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----- |  | --------- |  | -------- |  | ----- |  | -
|10.08+ |  | Key Employee Bonus Plan, as amended                                                                                                                                        |  | 10-Q  |  | 000-50307 |  | 5/7/07   |  | 10.01 |  |  
|10.09+ |  | Employment Offer Letter dated November 17, 2004 to Joseph R. Bronson                                                                                                       |  | 10-K  |  | 000-50307 |  | 3/14/05  |  | 10.49 |  |  
|10.10+ |  | Separation Agreement and General Release dated January 30, 2007 with Joseph R. Bronson                                                                                     |  | 8-K   |  | 000-50307 |  | 1/31/07  |  | 10.01 |  |  
|10.11+ |  | Employment Offer Letter dated November 23, 2007 to Dr. Mario Ruscev                                                                                                        |  | 8-K   |  | 000-50307 |  | 1/7/08   |  | 99.01 |  |  
|10.12+ |  | Employment Offer Letter dated September 25, 2007 to Jorge L. Titinger                                                                                                      |  |      |  |          |  |         |  |      |  | x
|10.13+ |  | Employment Offer Letter dated January 27, 2005 to Ronald C. Foster                                                                                                         |  | 10-K  |  | 000-50307 |  | 3/14/05  |  | 10.50 |  |  
|10.14+ |  | Written description of definitive
agreements to increase certain executive officer compensation approved on November 4, 2005                                               |  | 8-K   |  | 000-50307 |  | 11/10/05 |  |      |  |  
|10.15+ |  | Written description of definitive agreements to increase bonus targets for certain executive officers approved on February 24, 2006                                        |  | 8-K   |  | 000-50307 |  | 3/2/06   |  |      |  |  
|10.16+ |  | Written description of definitive agreements to increase base salaries for certain executive officers approved on April 10, 2006                                           |  | 8-K   |  | 000-50307 |  | 4/14/06  |  |      |  |  
|10.17+ |  | Written description of definitive agreement to increase director compensation approved on May 18, 2006                                                                     |  | 8-K   |  | 000-50307 |  | 5/24/06  |  |      |  |  
|10.18+ |  | Written description of definitive agreements to increase base salaries and bonus targets for certain executive officers approved on April 16, 2007                         |  | 8-K   |  | 000-50307 |  | 4/20/07  |  |      |  |  
|10.19  |  | Pacific Corporate Center Lease by and between Greenville Holding Company LLC (successor to Greenville Investors, L.P.) ("Greenville") and the Registrant dated May 3, 2001 |  | S-1/A |  | 333-86738 |  | 6/10/03  |  | 10.18 |  |  

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|10.20  |  | First Amendment to Pacific Corporate Center Lease by and between Greenville and the Registrant dated January 31, 2003                                                         |  | S-1/A |  | 333-86738 |  | 5/7/03  |  | 10.18.1 |  |  
|------ |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----- |  | --------- |  | ------- |  | ------- |  | -
|10.21  |  | Pacific Corporate Center Lease by and between Greenville and the Registrant dated May 3, 2001                                                                                 |  | S-1/A |  | 333-86738 |  | 6/10/03 |  | 10.19   |  |  
|10.22  |  | First Amendment to Pacific Corporate Center Lease by and between Greenville and the Registrant dated January 31, 2003                                                         |  | S-1/A |  | 333-86738 |  | 5/7/03  |  | 10.19.1 |  |  
|10.23  |  | Pacific Corporate Center Lease by and between Greenville and the Registrant dated May 3, 2001                                                                                 |  | S-1/A |  | 333-86738 |  | 6/10/03 |  | 10.20   |  |  
|10.24  |  | First Amendment to Pacific Corporate Center Lease by and between Greenville and the Registrant dated January 31, 2003                                                         |  | S-1/A |  | 333-86738 |  | 5/7/03  |  | 10.20.1 |  |  
|10.25  |  | Pacific Corporate Center Lease by and between Greenville and the Registrant dated September 7, 2004, as amended by First Amendment to Building 6 Lease dated August 16, 2006  |  | 10-Q  |  | 000-50307 |  | 11/7/06 |  | 10.01   |  |  
|21.01  |  | List of Registrant's subsidiaries                                                                                                                                             |  |      |  |          |  |        |  |        |  | X
|23.01  |  | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm                                                                                                                      |  |      |  |          |  |        |  |        |  | X
|24.01  |  | Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Form 10-K)                                                                                                          |  |      |  |          |  |        |  |        |  | X
|31.01  |  | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                             |  |      |  |          |  |        |  |        |  | X
|31.02  |  | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                             |  |      |  |          |  |        |  |        |  | X
|32.01* |  | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |  |      |  |          |  |        |  |        |  | X

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