It is now known that Nintendo aim on launching the Revolution around mid-2006, thanks to a financial report from memory maker MoSys Inc.

When MoSys Inc. announced their first quarter 2005 earnings they released an interesting titbit about the launch of the Revolution.

"During the quarter we announced that NEC Electronics will now use our 1T-SRAM embedded memory technologies on their advanced 90nm process, and that the initial designs to be incorporated in SoCs will be used in Nintendo's next-generation game console, codenamed Revolution," said Voll. "We are excited to be a participating member of the Nintendo team once again as Nintendo will roll out its successor game console to the GameCube in mid-2006."

As well as the fact that the Revolution has been dated, the information outlined the Revolution's memory chips. A 1T-SRAM memory standard will again be used, just like in the GameCube. For those who don't know their memory chips very well, a 1T-SRAM memory chip density, power consumption and cost over a standard SRAM chip. "Instead of six transistors utilized in a traditional SRAM storage cell, each 1T-SRAM storage cell contains only one transistor and one capacitor, thus reducing the silicon required and lowering cost. This technology has been proven with the shipment of millions of devices," explains MoSys.

However, if Nintendo do launch the Revolution in mid-2006 they will be the last ones to release a console. Sony plan for a first quarter 2006 release for the PS3, and Microsoft intend on having the Xbox 360 in stores (presumingly American) in November of this year. The GameCube was the last console released in America last time and it is debatable whether this will have an affect on the sales.