Made in KSA

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SABIC

BACKGROUND
Since SABIC’s founding in 1976 by a royal decree, it has exhibited a remarkable ability to do what others said could not be done.

Ranked among the world’s largest petrochemicals manufacturers, SABIC is a public company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 70% of the company’s shares are owned by Saudi Aramco, with the remaining 30% publicly traded on the Saudi stock exchange. SABIC’s growth has been nothing short of miraculous. Today, the company has operations in over 50 countries with a global workforce of over 32,000 talented individuals.

To find out how SABIC was created, and how it achieved its current success, please see the Corporate Profile pages. Or, for an idea of our size and capacity, see the Facts and Figures page.

 

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Most if not all Arab countries have started their defense industries at a variant level..

Now as far as Saudi Arabia is concerned.. the real manufacturing phase just started in 2023.. So it is a long road ahead for developing and manufacturing all the technologies acquired up till now!

I know. Iraq, UAE, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Jordan etc. are all making progress and it is great to see. Many other Arab states as well.

KSA first really started 8-10 years ago and it has first really picked up steam in recent years.

My point was that it would be even better and arguably more effective if Arab nations would work jointly together across the board. Among private Arab firms and public/state ones. It would create an enormous talent pool as well as enormous financial power that could potentially change the local Arab arms industry forever.

I believe this is the need of the hour.

 

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Saudi Arabia Hydrogen production and exploitation, blue hydrogen and green hydrogen​

 

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KACST -Synopsys Center of Excellence for Nanoelectronics Design

Design and automation of electronic systems, particularly nano-electronics..



Research Projects

Develop nanoelectronics based ecosystem in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which includes assistance in building infrastructure for nanoelectronics and nanotechnology, progressive computing and electronic design environment, as well as advanced training by experts from Synopsys

Facilitate the availability of Synopsys electronic design automation (EDA) tools and Curriculum for Saudi universities and research centers in the Kingdom..

Facilitate the development of advanced System on Chip (SoC)/Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for tablet and Smart phone applications

 

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Minister of Communications: We made smart chips with Saudi hands



https://english.mubasher.info/news/3846894/Saudi-Arabia-unveils-locally-made-smart-chips

 

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is a semiconductor company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, that develops architecture-based microprocessors and system-carrying chip-based products for performance computing platforms.

This company has influenced the semiconductor field with the innovation of its microprocessor (VISC™), which has a stronger architecture and lower power consumption compared to the currently available processors. The 500MHz chip was manufactured using a 28nm process, through a joint development project between Soft Machines and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, and this chip was highly acclaimed as a new breakthrough in semiconductor design. with Variable Instruction Set Computing. VISC processors contain a bunch of physical cores that are presented to software as virtual cores. ... A load-balancing front-end assigns physical cores to virtual CPUs executing virtual hardware threads.

Soft Machines and VISC Architecture




The company is in the business of licensing and co-developing VISC-architecture based Core and SoC products for IoT, mobile and cloud markets..

 

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Communications and Information Technology Research Institute
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The Communications and Information Technology Research Institute designs digital and analog electronic chips as well as electromechanical systems. It also works on designing integrated electronic systems to develop systems used in aviation, control systems and electronic systems.

Centers affiliated to the Institute of Communications and Information Technology:

National Center for Electronics and Photonics Technology
National Center for Computer Technology and Applied Mathematics
National Center for Sensors Technology and Defense Systems
National Center for Robot Technology and Intelligent Systems
National Center for Information Security Technology

https://www.mcit.gov.sa/en

 

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Saudi Arabia signs agreements with 10 international technology companies, including Apple, Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, Cisco, Oracle, IBM and Amazon, to establish 10 training academies in the field of technology in Saudi Arabia..

 

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Saudi-Chinese fund to support emerging technology companies with 1.5 billion riyals
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There are other Saudi institutions Providing funds for emerging technology startups:

1- The Social Development Bank allocates a support portfolio for emerging technology projects..

2- The KAUST Innovation Support Fund provides funding to technology-based start-ups

 

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audi-Korean Industrial Village project with the transfer and localization of the knowledge of 22 Korean strategic industries within an industrial complex that includes 22 factories. The complex aims to manufacture a number of industrial products for military and civilan use..



The aim is to contribute to the localization of some promising industries, and to promote integration between the relevant authorities for the development of the industrial sector in the Kingdom..

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Production of optical systems in the National Company for Mechanical Systems (NCMS)​

 

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4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Center in partnership with WEF ​

 

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KACST researchers are developing computational technology to accurately simulate the flight dynamics of micro air vehicles with broad scientific and engineering applications ..

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Insect-sized, remote-controlled flying robots are the latest developments in the field of micro air vehicles (MAVs), popularly known as drones. Such small devices, however, face specific aerodynamic challenges, and experimental testing of different vehicle designs and constructions is impractical and costly. To make testing easier, the Center of Excellence for Aeronautics and Astronautics (CEAA) at KACST has developed software that simulates the aerodynamic performance of MAVs to inform their design.

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“MAVs operate in the lower speed regime and tend to have lightweight, flexible, flapping wings,” explains Alahmadi. “Their unsteady and turbulent aerodynamics are closely linked to their structural dynamics, which feature large motions and deformations. Their flight characteristics are affected by environmental factors, such as wind gusts. These factors make it difficult to conduct practical experiments on these types of vehicles, and numerical simulation techniques are considered to be a more reliable alternative.”

“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeks to become a regional leader in critical areas of the aeronautics sector, which is characterized by accelerating technological advancement and increasing competition,” explains Alahmadi. “Very light aircraft, UAVs and MAVs are critical components of this sector, as they are used in many applications ranging from national security and border surveillance, to atmospheric monitoring, agricultural inspection, weather prediction and surveying of natural resources.”

https://kacstimpact.kacst.edu.sa/perspective/58/modelling-to-take-micro-air-vehicles-to-new-levels

 

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Talks between the Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) and MBDA UK for the local manufacture of a variant of the Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missile (ALCM).

 

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Saudi Arabia Mideast_Aircraft_Engines Co., Ltd. signed with Germany's MTU company an agreement to localize the overhaul of the Typhoon EJ200 engine and manufacture of its German parts..

In other agreements with Italian and the Spanish companies to localize their parts of the Typhoon aircraft engine..