Mike Wheatley

Mike Wheatley is a senior staff writer at SiliconANGLE. He loves to write about Big Data and the Internet of Things, and explore how these technologies are evolving and helping businesses to become more agile. Before joining SiliconANGLE, Mike was an editor at Argophilia Travel News, an occassional contributer to The Epoch Times, and has also dabbled in SEO and social media marketing. He usually bases himself in Bangkok, Thailand, though he can often be found roaming through the jungles or chilling on a beach. Got a news story or tip? Email Mike@SiliconANGLE.com.

Latest from Mike Wheatley

Sonar buys AutoCodeRover to enhance its code quality tools with autonomous AI agents

Code quality testing startup SonarSource SA said today it has acquired AutoCodeRover, the creator of an autonomous artificial intelligence platform for software developers. According to Sonar, the deal will enable its customers to automate tasks such as debugging and issue remediation, so they can spend more time on improving their applications rather than fixing them. ...

Silver Lake set to buy majority stake in Intel’s Altera programmable chip business

The private equity firm Silver Lake Partners LP is reportedly in advanced talks over the purchase of a majority stake in Intel Corp.’s programmable chip business unit Altera, having apparently won out over a number of other prospective suitors. Bloomberg said in an exclusive report today citing anonymous sources that Silver Lake is now finalizing ...

Arista Networks’ growth accelerates, driven by big AI investments

Arista Networks Inc. delivered a higher profit in the fourth quarter, thanks to a double-digit sales increase driven by growing demand for artificial intelligence networks. The cloud networking company also forecast revenue for the current quarter that came in above Wall Street’s estimates. It reported a net profit of $801 million in the quarter, up from ...

Report: Broadcom and TSMC in talks to carve up Intel

Chipmaking giants Broadcom Inc. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. are reportedly mulling deals that could ultimately see their rival Intel Corp. carved up into two separate entities. The Wall Street Journal reported this weekend that Broadcom is looking closely into the possibility of acquiring Intel’s chip design business, while TSMC is said to be keen ...

JFrog is firing on all cylinders as it delivers another impressive earnings beat

Software supply chain company JFrog Ltd. clocked another strong quarter, beating Wall Street’s guidance on earnings and revenue, sending its stock higher in extended trading today. The company reported fourth-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of 19 cents per share on revenue of $116.1 million, up 19% from a year earlier. That ...

Applied Materials warns of revenue hit from new Chinese chip export restrictions

The semiconductor industry giant Applied Materials Inc. beat expectations on earnings and revenue today as it delivered its fiscal first-quarter results, but its guidance for the current quarter came up short. The company said trade restrictions threaten to limit its exports to China, impacting its revenue, and its stock went backwards in extended trading. The ...
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Report: Arm to build its own chips, and Meta is first in line to buy them

The U.K.-headquartered chip design company Arm Holdings Plc. is reportedly planning to launch its first-ever complete semiconductor after securing Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc. as one of its first customers. In an exclusive report today, the Financial Times suggests that Arm is looking to build its own hardware for the first time, in a ...

EnCharge raises $100M to accelerate the rollout of its energy-efficient edge AI chips

A specialist artificial intelligence chipmaker called EnCharge AI Inc. said today it has closed on a more than $100 million Series B round of funding, bringing its total amount raised to date to more than $144 million. The company says it will use the funding to accelerate the commercialization of its first client computing AI ...

Cloud storage optimization startup Lucidity raises $21M

Lucidity.cloud Ltd., an Indian startup that helps automate multicloud storage management, said today it has raised $21 million in an early-stage funding round, following rapid growth over the last year. Today’s Series A round was led by WestBridge Capital and saw participation from existing investor Alpha Wave. It brings the startup’s total funding to $31 ...

Shares of Fastly fall hard and fast on earnings miss and weak guidance

Fastly Inc., the cloud-based edge infrastructure and content delivery network provider, delivered mixed fourth-quarter earnings results and weak guidance today, and its stock plummeted like a stone in extended trading. The company reported a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of three cents per share, falling short of Wall Street’s target of break-even ...