EL SEGUNDO, CA. March 1998 - International Rectifier (IR) is now offering its new iractive^TM CD-ROM. The new CD includes data sheets for IR's complete product line plus selection guides, technical literature, SPICE and Saber models, application-specific design assistance and worldwide contact information.

The new CD-ROM operates in a Web-browser-like environment, but at high speeds the Internet can't match. Users receive desktop convenience packaged with one-click Web simplicity. An added bonus is the powerful search utility. Structured or natural language searches comb through the nearly one gigabyte of information on the CD-ROM in moments, and presents the results in a familiar, relevancy-ranked format.

IR's CD-ROM contains live links to the Internet, enabling the user to call up irplus IR's parametric search program, and to email orders and inquiries directly to the distributors without leaving the IR front end.

IR's iractive CD-ROM was produced by MarketScape, the leader in WebCD marketing solutions. MarketScape's WebCD software, released in 1996, has won numerous industry awards and provides a comprehensive toolset for publishing Web-based CD-ROMs that connect to the Internet for updates and transactions.