The president of Revolution chip collaborator NEC has revealed Nintendo have ordered them from the company...

According to German gaming news site GameFront, the president of NEC Toshio Nakajima has said that the company have recieved orders for the Revolution's chips - indicating that the system has been completed and is now in the production phase.

Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg, the president said the company will deliver the finished chips to Nintendo this Autumn, with the view to a Christmas launch for the system. 'Christmas' is slightly ambiguous, though we suspect it ties-in with the November launch everyone is expecting. Though for the exact date, we'll have to wait until E3...