Remember audio tapes from TDK? The company just developed an analog reservoir AI chip that does real-time learning - and will even challenge humans at a game of rock-paper-scissors

TDK prototype analog reservoir AI chip.

• TDK's real-time analog chip learns on the edge for robotics and sensors
• Demo shows high-speed learning in a rock-paper-scissors challenge
• Neuromorphic approach aims to merge sensing and AI for edge computing

For most people, TDK is best known for audio cassettes - which were a staple of home recording and personal music collections throughout the 1980s and 1990s.