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	'''Anand Lal Shimpi''' (born June 26, 1982)<ref>{{cite web\|title=Anand Shimpi\|url=http://www.computerhope.com/people/anand_shimpi.htm\|website=computerhope.com\|publisher=Computer Hope\|accessdate=18 February 2016}}</ref> is a former tech journalist and American businessman who retired at the age of 32 <ref>{{Cite web\|last=Chiappetta\|first=Marco\|title=Anand Lal Shimpi Announces Retirement, Departs AnandTech Heads To Apple\|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcochiappetta/2014/08/31/anand-lal-shimpi-announces-retirement-departs-anandtech/\|access-date=2021-05-14\|website=Forbes\|language=en}}</ref>from the publishing industry to join the hardware division at Apple Inc. He is primarily known as the founder of the technology website [[AnandTech]], a hardware news/review site which started ~~from a review of very small~~ [[motherboard]] ~~review which was~~ hosted on [[Yahoo! GeoCities\|GeoCities]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=AnandTech Founder Anand Lal Shimpi Retires From Writing\|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2014/08/30/anandtech-founder-anand-lal-shimpi-retires-from-writing/\|access-date=2021-05-14\|website=TechCrunch\|language=en-US}}</ref> At that time Anand was just 14 years old and over a period of 17 years it grew to be one of the most respected sites for tech reviews.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=AnandTech Founder Anand Lal Shimpi Retires From Writing\|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2014/08/30/anandtech-founder-anand-lal-shimpi-retires-from-writing/\|access-date=2021-05-14\|website=TechCrunch\|language=en-US}}</ref> He also wrote a book in 2001, named " The Anandtech Guide to PC Gaming Hardware".<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Anand Lal Shimpi\|url=https://www.amazon.ca/Anand-Lal-Shimpi/e/B001KHFG7O/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1\|access-date=2021-05-14\|website=www.amazon.ca\|language=en-ca}}</ref>		'''Anand Lal Shimpi''' (born June 26, 1982)<ref>{{cite web\|title=Anand Shimpi\|url=http://www.computerhope.com/people/anand_shimpi.htm\|website=computerhope.com\|publisher=Computer Hope\|accessdate=18 February 2016}}</ref> is a former tech journalist and American businessman who retired at the age of 32<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Chiappetta\|first=Marco\|title=Anand Lal Shimpi Announces Retirement, Departs AnandTech Heads To Apple\|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcochiappetta/2014/08/31/anand-lal-shimpi-announces-retirement-departs-anandtech/\|access-date=2021-05-14\|website=Forbes\|language=en}}</ref> from the publishing industry to join the hardware division at Apple Inc. He is primarily known as the founder of the technology website [[AnandTech]], a hardware news/review site which started as [[motherboard]] reviews hosted on [[Yahoo! GeoCities\|GeoCities]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=AnandTech Founder Anand Lal Shimpi Retires From Writing\|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2014/08/30/anandtech-founder-anand-lal-shimpi-retires-from-writing/\|access-date=2021-05-14\|website=TechCrunch\|language=en-US}}</ref> At that time Anand was just 14 years old and over a period of 17 years it grew to be one of the most respected sites for tech reviews.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=AnandTech Founder Anand Lal Shimpi Retires From Writing\|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2014/08/30/anandtech-founder-anand-lal-shimpi-retires-from-writing/\|access-date=2021-05-14\|website=TechCrunch\|language=en-US}}</ref> He also wrote a book in 2001, named " The Anandtech Guide to PC Gaming Hardware".<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Anand Lal Shimpi\|url=https://www.amazon.ca/Anand-Lal-Shimpi/e/B001KHFG7O/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1\|access-date=2021-05-14\|website=www.amazon.ca\|language=en-ca}}</ref>

	== Early life==		== Early life==
	Anand was born to Lalchand Shimpi, an Indian-born computer science professor at [[St. Augustine's University (Raleigh, North Carolina)\|St Augustine's University]],<ref>https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/1999/12/01/271048/index.htm</ref> and Razieh Shimpi, 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 High School\|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.		Anand was born to Lalchand Shimpi, an Indian-born computer science professor at [[St. Augustine's University (Raleigh, North Carolina)\|St Augustine's University]],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/1999/12/01/271048/index.htm\|title=The Web Kid Anand Lal Shimpi is a typical high schooler--except for his megahot computer-review site. - December 1, 1999}}</ref> and Razieh Shimpi, 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 High School\|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.

	==Career==		==Career==
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	Anand has been featured in ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[20/20 (American TV program)\|20/20]]'', ''[[48 Hours (TV program)\|48 Hours]]'', [[G4 (American TV network)\|G4]] and on [[Fortune (magazine)\|Fortune Magazine]]. He has been one of the celebrity speakers at [[Computex]] 2003 in Taiwan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=These 10 Internet Whiz Kids Made Millions From Comfort Of Their Home {{!}} siliconindia\|url=https://www.siliconindia.com/news/technology/these-10-internet-whiz-kids-made-millions-from-comfort-of-their-home-nid-145543-cid-2.html\|access-date=2021-05-14\|website=www.siliconindia.com}}</ref>		Anand has been featured in ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[20/20 (American TV program)\|20/20]]'', ''[[48 Hours (TV program)\|48 Hours]]'', [[G4 (American TV network)\|G4]] and on [[Fortune (magazine)\|Fortune Magazine]]. He has been one of the celebrity speakers at [[Computex]] 2003 in Taiwan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=These 10 Internet Whiz Kids Made Millions From Comfort Of Their Home {{!}} siliconindia\|url=https://www.siliconindia.com/news/technology/these-10-internet-whiz-kids-made-millions-from-comfort-of-their-home-nid-145543-cid-2.html\|access-date=2021-05-14\|website=www.siliconindia.com}}</ref>

	On August 30, 2014, he announced his decision to retire from the technology publishing industry to work at [[Apple Inc.\|Apple]],<ref name="recode-anand-hiredbyapple">{{cite web\|last1=Paczkowski\|first1=John\|title=Veteran Tech Journalist Anand Shimpi Headed to Apple\|url=http://recode.net/2014/08/31/veteran-tech-journalist-anand-shimpi-headed-to-apple/\|website=Re/code\|accessdate=31 August 2014}}</ref> and named longtime [[AnandTech]] editor [https://muckrack.com/ryan-smith-11 Ryan Smith] as his successor.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/8456/the-road-ahead\|title=The Road Ahead\|author=Anand Lal Shimpi\|publisher=\|accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref>		On August 30, 2014, he announced his decision to retire from the technology publishing industry to work at [[Apple Inc.\|Apple]],<ref name="recode-anand-hiredbyapple">{{cite web\|last1=Paczkowski\|first1=John\|title=Veteran Tech Journalist Anand Shimpi Headed to Apple\|url=http://recode.net/2014/08/31/veteran-tech-journalist-anand-shimpi-headed-to-apple/\|website=Re/code\|date=August 31, 2014\|accessdate=31 August 2014}}</ref> and named longtime [[AnandTech]] editor [https://muckrack.com/ryan-smith-11 Ryan Smith] as his successor.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/8456/the-road-ahead\|title=The Road Ahead\|author=Anand Lal Shimpi\|publisher=\|accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref>

	==Publications==		==Publications==

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{{short description|American technology journalist and founder of AnandTech}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2018}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2016}}
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|name = Anand Lal Shimpi
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|06|26}}
|occupation = Employee of [[Apple, Inc|Apple]]<br/> Founder and former [[CEO]] of [[AnandTech]]
|alma_mater = [[William G. Enloe High School]]<br/>[[North Carolina State University]]
|genre = [[Technology journalism]]
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'''Anand Lal Shimpi''' (born June 26, 1982)<ref>{{cite web|title=Anand Shimpi|url=http://www.computerhope.com/people/anand_shimpi.htm|website=computerhope.com|publisher=Computer Hope|accessdate=18 February 2016}}</ref> is a former tech journalist and American businessman who retired at the age of 32 <ref>{{Cite web|last=Chiappetta|first=Marco|title=Anand Lal Shimpi Announces Retirement, Departs AnandTech Heads To Apple|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcochiappetta/2014/08/31/anand-lal-shimpi-announces-retirement-departs-anandtech/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>from the publishing industry to join the hardware division at Apple Inc. He is primarily known as the founder of the technology website [[AnandTech]], a hardware news/review site which started from a review of very small [[motherboard]] review which was hosted on [[Yahoo! GeoCities|GeoCities]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=AnandTech Founder Anand Lal Shimpi Retires From Writing|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2014/08/30/anandtech-founder-anand-lal-shimpi-retires-from-writing/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}</ref> At that time Anand was just 14 years old and over a period of 17 years it grew to be one of the most respected sites for tech reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AnandTech Founder Anand Lal Shimpi Retires From Writing|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2014/08/30/anandtech-founder-anand-lal-shimpi-retires-from-writing/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}</ref> He also wrote a book in 2001, named " The Anandtech Guide to PC Gaming Hardware".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anand Lal Shimpi|url=https://www.amazon.ca/Anand-Lal-Shimpi/e/B001KHFG7O/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1|access-date=2021-05-14|website=www.amazon.ca|language=en-ca}}</ref>

== Early life==
Anand was born to Lalchand Shimpi, an Indian-born computer science professor at [[St. Augustine's University (Raleigh, North Carolina)|St Augustine's University]],<ref>https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/1999/12/01/271048/index.htm</ref> and Razieh Shimpi, 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 High School|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.

==Career==
He started [[AnandTech]] in 1997 at the age of 14. 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.<ref name="Heaton2006">{{cite book|last=Heaton|first=Jeff|title=Build a Computer from Scratch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y5EDzCzW7bEC&pg=PA181|accessdate=8 May 2011|date=June 2006|publisher=Heaton Research, Inc.|isbn=978-0-9773206-2-2|page=181}}</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 {{As of|2005|7|lc=on}}. AnandTech started as a site that mainly reviewed motherboards and soon added CPUs, video cards, cases, notebooks, Macs, smartphones, tablets and other hardwares.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shimpi|first=Anand Lal|title=The Road Ahead|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/8456/the-road-ahead|access-date=2021-05-14|website=www.anandtech.com}}</ref>

Anand has been featured in ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[20/20 (American TV program)|20/20]]'', ''[[48 Hours (TV program)|48 Hours]]'', [[G4 (American TV network)|G4]] and on [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune Magazine]]. He has been one of the celebrity speakers at [[Computex]] 2003 in Taiwan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=These 10 Internet Whiz Kids Made Millions From Comfort Of Their Home {{!}} siliconindia|url=https://www.siliconindia.com/news/technology/these-10-internet-whiz-kids-made-millions-from-comfort-of-their-home-nid-145543-cid-2.html|access-date=2021-05-14|website=www.siliconindia.com}}</ref>

On August 30, 2014, he announced his decision to retire from the technology publishing industry to work at [[Apple Inc.|Apple]],<ref name="recode-anand-hiredbyapple">{{cite web|last1=Paczkowski|first1=John|title=Veteran Tech Journalist Anand Shimpi Headed to Apple|url=http://recode.net/2014/08/31/veteran-tech-journalist-anand-shimpi-headed-to-apple/|website=Re/code|accessdate=31 August 2014}}</ref> and named longtime [[AnandTech]] editor [https://muckrack.com/ryan-smith-11 Ryan Smith] as his successor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/8456/the-road-ahead|title=The Road Ahead|author=Anand Lal Shimpi|publisher=|accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref>

==Publications==
Anand is also the author of the book The ''AnandTech Guide to PC Gaming Hardware'' ({{ISBN|0-7897-2626-2}}) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Anand Lal Shimpi Books - Biography and List of Works - Author of 'The Anandtech Guide To Pc Gaming Hardware'|url=https://www.biblio.com/anand-lal-shimpi/author/768556|access-date=2021-05-14|website=www.biblio.com}}</ref>and has a regular column in ''Computer Power user (CPU) Magazine'' called Anand's Corner.<ref name=":0" />

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# [https://www.anandtech.com/show/8456/the-road-ahead The Road Ahead by Anand Lal Shimpi]

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