MoSys, the same memory supplier who provided chips for the GameCube (and maybe even the Nintendo 64, if memory serves), has perhaps inadvertently let slip that we should expect Nintendo's next-generation console, the 'Revolution,' [seen here in unlikely speculative mockup] to ship in "mid-2006." That should put it right on schedule to match the Playstation 3, which is also expected to launch in that time frame.

In a related note, Chinese website Unika.com has quoted the hardware of the console to be:

... four 2.5Ghz IBM G5 Custom cores, with 128KB of level 1 cache and a 512KB shared level 2 cache, while the graphics will be powered by a dual core ATI RN520 chipset, with 1MB of on-board eDRAM for the frame buffer.

Memory firm MoSys back on board to supply SRAM for Nintendo's next-gen platform [GamesIndustry.biz]

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