ChipXPRT, a proud spin-off of NUST, has recently led an intensive chip design training programme in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, culminating in SoC tapeouts. Led by Dr Abid Rafique (SEECS Faculty Member), the initiative supports KSA’s rapidly growing semiconductor ecosystem under Vision 2030. Covering areas from digital design and SoC microarchitecture to RTL verification, embedded software and tapeout flows using industry EDA tools, the programme also integrated soft skills and professional dev