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Aditya Srivastav
Born (1996-09-12) September 12, 1996 (age 27)
OccupationEmployee of Adiastava Gaming
Founder and former CEO of Adiastava
Alma materVidya Mandir Sr. Sec. School
North Uttarakhand Haridwar City
GenreGamer
Website
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOqub8IPNlt4S_XBJuGa3UQ

Adiastava Gaming (born September 12, 1996)[1] is a former Gamer and playing video game, who is the founder of the Gamer and influencer Adiastava Gaming, a all game news/review site.

Aditya started AdiastavaGaming when he was 8 years old.[2] The site originally focused on Gaming reviews, and was hosted on YouTube channel.[3] Over a period of 9 years, the site grew to be one of the most respected sites for games reviews.[4]

Early life[edit]

Anand was born to Lalchand Shimpi, an Indian-born computer science professor at St Augustine's University,[2] 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 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.[5][6][non-primary source needed]

Career[edit]

Anand started AnandTech in 1997 at the age of 15.[7][2] 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, receiving praise from spokespersons at AMD and Intel.[2][8] 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 July 2005. AnandTech started as a site that mainly reviewed motherboards and soon added CPUs, video cards, cases, notebooks, Macs, smartphones, tablets and other hardwares.[9][non-primary source needed] He reportedly was able to get his hands on an AMD K6-III before any other reviewers.[2]

Anand has been featured in USA Today, 20/20, 48 Hours, G4 and on Fortune Magazine. He has been one of the celebrity speakers at Computex 2003 in Taiwan.[10]

In 2013 he was named as an expert in the BBC's coverage of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.[11]

On August 30, 2014, he announced his decision to retire from the technology publishing industry to work at Apple's hardware technologies division,[12][7][13] and named longtime AnandTech editor Ryan Smith as his successor.[9]

On February 15, 2020, Bloomberg reported that Anand sent confidential documents to Gerard Williams III after the latter had left Apple to form NUVIA.[14]

Publications[edit]

Anand is the author of the book The AnandTech Guide to PC Gaming Hardware (ISBN 0-7897-2626-2) [15]and has a regular column in Computer Power user (CPU) Magazine called Anand's Corner.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Anand Shimpi". computerhope.com. Computer Hope. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Banker, Stephen (December 1, 1999). "The Web Kid Anand Lal Shimpi is a typical high schooler--except for his megahot computer-review site. - December 1, 1999". money.cnn.com. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  3. ^ "AnandTech Founder Anand Lal Shimpi Retires From Writing". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "AnandTech Founder Anand Lal Shimpi Retires From Writing". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "Anand Shimpi • Electrical and Computer Engineering". Electrical and Computer Engineering. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  6. ^ "Meet The Guy From North Carolina That Silicon Valley Is Drooling Over". HuffPost. July 27, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  7. ^ a b Savov, Vlad (August 31, 2014). "AnandTech founder Anand Shimpi retires from journalism to join Apple". The Verge. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  8. ^ Heaton, Jeff (June 2006). Build a Computer from Scratch. Heaton Research, Inc. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-9773206-2-2. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
  9. ^ a b Shimpi, Anand Lal. "The Road Ahead". www.anandtech.com. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "These 10 Internet Whiz Kids Made Millions From Comfort Of Their Home | siliconindia". www.siliconindia.com. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  11. ^ Kelion, Leo (November 15, 2013). "PlayStation 4 v Xbox One: Experts on next-gen battle". BBC News. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  12. ^ Paczkowski, John (August 31, 2014). "Veteran Tech Journalist Anand Shimpi Headed to Apple". Re/code. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  13. ^ Axon, Samuel (November 7, 2018). "Apple walks Ars through the iPad Pro's A12X system on a chip". Ars Technica. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  14. ^ "Apple Accused by Ex-Exec It's Suing of Poaching His Staff". www.bloomberg.com. February 15, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  15. ^ "Anand Lal Shimpi Books - Biography and List of Works - Author of 'The Anandtech Guide To Pc Gaming Hardware'". www.biblio.com. Retrieved May 14, 2021.

External References[edit]

  1. The Road Ahead by Anand Lal Shimpi
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