by Sony. SAIT-2 Released in 2006 by Sony, available only in libraries, 800 GB native and 45 MB/s sustained transfer rate. Notes Data Capacity and Speed figures above are for uncompressed data. Sony assumes a 2x or 2.6x compression factor in their marketing material. According to Sony, "All future products are based on technology projections." Technical features AME Advance Metal Evaporated is a different formulation of tape media. MIC Memory in Cassette Memory chip in the cartridge that keeps relevant information about the tape. R-MIC Remote - Memory in Cassette Like MIC except it does not require physical contact. WORM Write Once Read Many functionality, useful for archive keeping. References External links ECMA 246 Specification of AIT-1. ECMA 291 Specification of AIT-1 w/ MIC. ECMA 292 Specification of AIT-2 w/ MIC. ECMA 329 Specification of AIT-3. Computer storage tape media Ecma standards