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Finished wafers achieve 100% full automation from off-line to packaging, JD Logistics launches the semiconductor industry's first intelligent logistics solution
IT之家 November 13 news: The 23rd China International Semiconductor Expo IC China 2026 opened yesterday (the 12th) at the China National Convention Center in Beijing.
JD Logistics exhibited and proposed the semiconductor industry's first intelligent logistics solution, which can achieve 100% unmanned operations in the warehousing, sorting, outbound, and packaging stages of semiconductor materials, marking the move of high-value precision material logistics from single-point automation to system-level unmanned operations.
According to the official introduction, semiconductors are in an expansion cycle driven by demand for AI computing power and automotive electronics, and logistics efficiency directly affects capacity release. The industry has extremely strict requirements for stability and safety: a single finished wafer can be worth up to US$500,000 (IT之家 note: approximately RMB 3.343 million at current exchange rates), and a single warehouse can store tens of thousands of items, worth up to billions of US dollars; storage conditions are demanding, requiring high cleanliness and constant temperature and humidity; once mis-shipped, it would face huge time and economic losses, and batches and expiry dates need long-term traceability. Past manual operations were not only labor-intensive but also prone to wrong picking and missed picking.
JD Logistics has for the first time connected a 100% fully automated chain for finished wafers from off-line to packaging: after finished wafers are completed in the cleanroom (FAB), they are sealed with aluminum foil and picked up and put into storage by cleanroom robots; before storage, AI vision algorithms will verify the packaging again to ensure no risk of air leakage; the “智狼” flying-ladder robot and handling robots work together to quickly complete inbound, sorting, and outbound; finally, they are automatically packed via conveyor belt, and outbound records can be retained for 5–10 years.
According to the introduction, after a certain semiconductor company adopted the 100% full-process unmanned solution, storage density increased by 210%, inventory accuracy reached 100%, and operating efficiency increased by 300%; more can be stored in the same area, batch locations can be queried in real time, and the inbound/outbound rhythm has significantly accelerated.
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