Anand Lal Shimpi
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Anand Lal Shimpi (born June 26, 1982)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a former tech journalist and American businessman who is the founder of the technology website AnandTech, a hardware news/review site. He wrote a book in 2001, titled The Anandtech Guide to PC Gaming Hardware.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He retired at the age of 32 from the publishing industry to join the hardware division at Apple Inc. in 2014.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Shimpi started AnandTech when he was 15 years old.<ref name="cnn" /> The site originally focused on motherboard reviews and was hosted on GeoCities.<ref name="TechCrunch">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Over a period of 17 years, the site grew to be one of the most respected sites for tech reviews.<ref name="TechCrunch"/>
Early lifeEdit
Anand Shimpi was born to Lalchand Shimpi, an Indian-born computer science professor at St Augustine's University,<ref name="cnn">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Razieh, an Iranian-born teacher in Raleigh, NC. When Shimpi was in third grade, his father enrolled him in a computer course. He built his first PC in sixth grade and soon began building PCs for others. He is a graduate of William G. Enloe GT/IB Center for the Humanities, Sciences, and the Arts and North Carolina State University with a degree in Computer Engineering with emphasis on microprocessor architecture and design.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Primary source inline
CareerEdit
Shimpi started AnandTech in 1997 at the age of 15.<ref name="vergeleavingforapple"/><ref name="cnn" /> He called it Anand's Hardware Tech Page. He first started reviewing motherboards; later he would go on to review CPUs, hard drives, RAM, and other computer components. His tech reviews were in-depth and thorough, making it the preferred site for hardware engineers and enthusiasts and receiving praise from spokespersons at AMD and Intel.<ref name="cnn" /><ref name="Heaton2006">Template:Cite book</ref> He served as its editor-in-chief from 1997 to 2014. AnandTech grew from a small GeoCities website in 1997 to a 50 million page view per month publication Template:As of. He reportedly was able to get his hands on an AMD K6-III before any other reviewers.<ref name="cnn" />
In 2013 he was named as an expert in the BBC's coverage of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On August 30, 2014, he announced his decision to retire from the technology publishing industry to work at Apple's hardware technologies division<ref name="recode-anand-hiredbyapple">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="vergeleavingforapple">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and named longtime AnandTech editor Ryan Smith as his successor.<ref name='roadahead'>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On February 15, 2020, Bloomberg reported that Anand sent confidential documents to Gerard Williams III after the latter had left Apple to form NUVIA.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
PublicationsEdit
Shimpi is the author of the book The AnandTech Guide to PC Gaming Hardware (Template:ISBN) <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and has a regular column in Computer Power user (CPU) Magazine called Anand's Corner.Template:Citation needed