AI cancer cures slowed by chip shortage, says UK's biggest tech boss

BBC Technology Monday 07 September 2026, 23:05 UTC 1 min read

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The head of chip designer Arm says modelling how a DNA marker is impacted by cancer cannot be done now, but computers are "going to solve it".

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