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It was by sheer chance, meeting one of the writers at an overclocking event, that led me to first become a reader, then a writer, to what has become my career in journalism. If you're new to AnandTech then welcome! It's been my home for over a decade, where we've always had the goal of pushing the boundaries for all things technical and engineering-related. For all the old hands - I know many of you work at the companies we report on around the industry, and we've been forever glad for your continued support and interactions. Long may it continue, especially in an industry that is slowly consolidating around a few key players, both in technical and publishing - for as long as the audience demands it, AnandTech will aim to provide. Personally, I was always into computers, but it was overclocking that got me into hardware. Not just getting more frames in my games, but actual competitive overclocking, trying to get the best scores in the world. People liken it to the Formula 1 or car tuning, when in reality it feels like drag racing - 8 hours of preparation for a 10 seconds quarter mile. Studying chemistry at the time, on the surface there seemed to be not much more than a little overlap, except for a desire to learn more about what I was doing, the why, and how it all worked. That oblivious-yet-determined manner led to Rajinder Gill, senior motherboard editor at the time, suggesting that Anand bring me on as a freelancer back in 2010. Initially with news, I transitioned into Rajinder's role rather quickly after he left, and starting from the Sandy Bridge launch in early 2011, I spent the next five years reviewing motherboards at AnandTech as my day job after graduating my PhD. I still look back on my first proper motherboard review, the ASRock P67 Extreme4, with rose-tinted spectacles. It was a great board for the time, and I still have it in my collection. That's what got me to AnandTech, and after 11 years I feel the need to change, so I have decided to take up a new position in the industry. When Anand left in 2014, after 18 years at the helm, I was still quite green in my role and didn't really take his words to heart at the time. Looking back at them today, I see a lot of parallels, even though I've never sat in that senior role. Since Anand left, I was promoted to Senior CPU Editor, and Ryan Smith has taken the Editor-in-Chief role with grace and poise - he's consistently talked me down from a ledge when this industry has piled on, and all I've wanted to do is lash out! After Anand left, it was Ryan who brought me on as a full-time employee, and helped navigate AnandTech through two acquisitions, to where the brand currently sits today with Future. Despite being (roughly) the same age, Ryan has been a mentor and a director for a lot of the content I've written, for which I'm very thankful. I hope he knows how much it has meant over the years. I've really enjoyed working at AnandTech. I love getting my teeth into the latest technical details, and getting advance briefings from the researchers never ceases to be a great pleasure of mine. It doesn't matter whether that's for an upcoming product, attending technical IEEE conferences, or for Hot Chips talk, or seeing inside the secret R&D room at Computex. In a lot of ways, my academic experience has overlapped with my coverage that I would never have predicted - we're on the cusp of finding out how we need More Than Moore's Law in the modern era. My travel in 2019 topped 200,000 miles, which doesn't really bother me in the slightest, as I've been able to meet and discuss with key industry movers and shakers. A crowning moment was talking AMD into making its 64-core Threadripper into a better price the evening before the announcement. Or biting one of Intel's 10nm wafers. Being able to travel around and visit companies has shown me just how many amazing people and stories there are in our industry, and it's a shame there aren't enough hours in the day to focus on them all, as I know a lot of you would want to hear about them. I hope I've also been able to bring a little bit of humor and fun to my content too. If there's one thing that has remained through all that time, it's the dedication of AnandTech's writers to provide as many detailed technical write-ups as we can. Over the years I've worked with some incredible talent, especially Andrei, and I've managed individuals that I've seen improve leaps and bounds, especially Gavin who now leads our motherboard coverage. Big shoutouts go to the rest of the team over the years: Ryan, Brett, Ganesh, Billy, Kristian, Tracy, Anton, Joe, Matt, Matt, Josh, Nate, Rajinder, Gary, Virginia, and Howard. You've all meant a lot to me in so many different ways. Then there's also the audience, who have always provided copious feedback, either here, on social media, or through our email conversations. Please don't stop giving all of us constructive criticism on how to do our jobs better, regardless of where we are or who we work for. As for me, I'm finding new ventures: a mixture of behind-the-scenes and public-facing opportunities, as well as continued consulting, but still within this tech industry that we love to analyze. We're on the cusp of finding out how we need More Than Moore's Law in the modern era. I'll still be that loud voice on Twitter, criticizing every financial disclosure and presentation, and if you're interested in what I'm doing next, then I'm likely to announce my future roles over there or on LinkedIn in short course. While today is my final day at AnandTech, don't be surprised if my name pops up again here over the next week or two, as I've prepared some content in advance, including our AMD Rembrandt review and an interview with Raja Koduri. Stay tuned for those. To all of the readers over the years, thank you so much for this opportunity. I couldn't have done it without you. I hope that you'll continue to give all the AnandTech writers the support you have shown me. ~Ian Tweet PRINT THIS ARTICLE * Post Your Comment [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Please log in or sign up to comment. [ ] [Submit Comment] [ajax-loade] POST A COMMENT 29 Comments View All Comments * Ryan Smith - Friday, February 18, 2022 - link It's been a pleasure working with Ian, and I'm sad to lose him. But he's accomplished more than a few great things over the years, and so I am looking forward to seeing what he's able to do next. Best of luck, Ian! As for AnandTech (since someone is bound to ask), we will be hiring a new managing editor to replace Ian, and to continue to deliver the same great insights on CPUs and other technology as before. It had admittedly been my hope to have someone lined up in time for Ian's departure, but Ian is understandably a hard act to follow. None the less, if you have experience in the field and are looking for a chance to move up in the tech journalism industry, please drop me a line; we're hiring. Reply * qlum - Friday, February 18, 2022 - link Good luck in the future. Reply * ballsystemlord - Friday, February 18, 2022 - link @Ian , "... didn't really take his [Anad's] words to heart at the time." What were Anand's words? Reply * ezekiel68 - Friday, February 18, 2022 - link I think he must be referring to words in Anand's 'farewell' message, linked earlier in the same sentence. Reply * satai - Friday, February 18, 2022 - link Bon voyage! Reply * dwillmore - Friday, February 18, 2022 - link Best wishes. But, you're the reason I come here and read articles. Come to think of it, your articles are the only ones I read. So, I guess it's goodbye to Ananatech for me as well. Reply * Silver5urfer - Friday, February 18, 2022 - link This is a huge loss to the tech industry journalism. I'm not aware of other places that some mention here but this site has been the primary place for my tech understanding deep dive and always used to refer this place only when referring. It's really unfortunate to see so many of the staff leave over the years. Now Ian as well...loss at words. Thanks to Ian and all the AT staff. I hope the site continues it's deep dive tech analysis. To Ian, I know most of us are aware of your YT channel, I thought that was the sign to expect things go in a downside. Also the AT reviews too dropped a lot. It's those YouTube and other places which have these pathetic gaming only BS and no tech talk at all. I wish you all the best man. And to AT team as well. Reply * bwhitty - Friday, February 18, 2022 - link Hear hear! Reply * Someguyperson - Friday, February 18, 2022 - link Thank you for all the years of time and effort Ian! You have truly been one of the best writers here and absolutely one to carry the torch from Anand himself. Reply * smalm1 - Friday, February 18, 2022 - link Hi Ian, I've never posted before, but AnandTech and specifically your content was a driving force in pushing me into the semiconductor industry - you inspired me to turn a hobby / fascination into a career in an industry that I will hopefully find just as captivating. I'll be starting at AMD the coming summer, something the high school me, who dumpster dove and refurbished Optiplexes to keep myself busy, would not have considered a possibility. Thank you for the years of quality content, especially the interviews. I'm sure there are many others you have inspired in this way. 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