On this very festive and almost no work week professionals from NASA made a sensational statement about the discovery of potentially habitable planets. Nokia are determined to bring back the Nokia 3310 — the design will remain the same. AMD has finally officially presented some series processors Ryzen. About this and other important news of the week, read our weekly digest.
NASA has discovered a “living” planet
At an emergency press conference, NASA announced the detection of seven planets with a similar size to Earth orbiting ultra-cool dwarf star called Trappist-1 (Trappist-1) and potentially suitable for life.
The star herself Trappist-1 is located at a distance of about 40 light-years from the Sun. Previously it was thought that the planetary system of the star consists of only three planets, but planets was seven.
Three of them are in the so-called habitable zone, and theoretically, surface conditions close to the Earth, the presence of water and favourable conditions for the emergence of life. Theoretically, water can be present on all seven planets.
Recall that water in liquid form is considered by scientists as a key factor for the origin of life, as we know it. Scientists say that the discovery of such a system of exoplanets is a huge step forward to the opportunity to finally answer the question, are we alone in the universe.
The Return Of Nokia 3310
In the Internet appeared the details about the heir to the cult mobile phone Nokia 3310. According to the resource Vtechgraphy, new Nokia 3310 will remain a simple phone and not a smartphone with Android on Board. The design will also be similar to the original phone that was released in 2000. To change only the thickness and weight. The new product will be thinner and lighter.
Nokia 3310 new generation will get increased color display, while the original was a monochrome display with a resolution of 84 x 84 pixels. However permission will not be too high — the main thing after all long time of Autonomous work. The phone will be available in several color options, including red, green and yellow.
It is expected that the reissued Nokia 3310 will debut simultaneously with the Nokia 3 Nokia 5 Nokia 6 at the MWC 2017, which will take place in Barcelona from 27 February to 2 March. Estimated price will be 59 Euro.
AMD has officially presented the processors Ryzen
AMD officially introduced a line of processors Ryzen AM4 platform, targeted primarily at gamers. According to the manufacturer, the processors perform Ryzen 52% more instructions per cycle compared to the previous generation.
At the moment, the only three models — 7 1800X Ryzen, Ryzen Ryzen and 7 1700X 1700. They got eight cores and 16 threads. Senior processor, Ryzen 7 1800X has a clock frequency of 3.6-4.0 GHz and a TDP of 95 watts. Ryzen 7 1700X — 3,4-3,8 GHz and a TDP of 95 watts, Ryzen 1700 — 3,0-3,7 GHz and a TDP of 65 watts.
The price is $499, $399 and $329, respectively. At the moment, AMD Ryzen 7 opened pre-order sales are due to begin on 2 March.
Recall also that this week the AMD Ryzen 1600X ahead of a much more expensive Intel Core i7-6800K in the test Cinebench R15.
Other interesting news of the week
- Nokia 8 appeared in the pre-order
- Samsung Galaxy S8 appeared in the photo: here and here
The best thing we wrote for the week
We told you what to give on February 23. Also collected a selection of the best smart watches 2017. And at the end of the week shared information about 10 useful non-obvious features of Android.