Advanced Intelligent Tape: Difference between revisions

'''Advanced Intelligent Tape''' ('''AIT''') is a discontinued high-speed, high-capacity [[magnetic tape data storage]] format developed and controlled by [[Sony]]. It was introduced in 1996 to utilise Advanced Metal Evaporated (AME) technology. It competed mainly against the [[Digital Linear Tape|DLT]], [[Linear Tape-Open|LTO]], [[Digital Data Storage|DAT/DDS]], and [[VXA]] formats. AIT uses 8mm tape in a cassette similar to [[Video8]]. '''Super AIT''' ('''SAIT''') is a higher capacity variant using wider half inch (1/2") tape in a larger, single-spool cartridge. Both AIT and SAIT use the [[helical scan]] method of reading and writing to the tape.