Yes, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia manufactures smart chips. On August 25, 2021, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology announced the production of the first smart chip in the Kingdom, made and developed by Saudi talents, for military, commercial, and civil applications. Aiming to localize the production of semiconductors in the Kingdom, the first Saudi Future of Semiconductors Forum was launched in Riyadh on March 30–31, 2022. The event was held jointly by King Abdullah Univ...

NEOM AI Challenge is one of the initiatives of the Global AI Summit , launched by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) in partnership with ' NEOM ' during the first edition of the Global AI Summit in 2020 . It aims to find solutions to NEOM City's challenges using AI technologies. Tracks of NEOM AI Challenge The NEOM AI Challenge consists of three tracks: AI in decision-making, AI adaptive inspection, and AI in machine-executable legislation to speed up ...