I was assuming this was a retirement announcement from the editor.
Sadly, not the case. The site has ceased publication as of this story, though content and the forum will remain up for an indeterminate amount of time.
It launched in 1997, the same year I wrote my first HTML, having started college and suddenly having access to hosting.
It sucks to see a pub that has adhered to its goals for the most part (we all make mistakes) for 27 years get shut down by a corporate owner.
This is tragic. I can’t think of how many computers I built using incomparable Anandtech articles. The depth of the testing, and careful, scientific planning really has no match in tech journalism.
The high water mark just lowered.