LEDs produce 100-lumen outputs @ 350 mA.

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Available in volume, XLamp® XR-E LEDs exhibit minimum luminous flux of 100 lumens at 350 mA. They are supplied in 9.0 x 7.0 x 4.4 mm package and offer correlated color temperatures (CCTs) from 2,600-10,000 K. While cool white LEDS offer up to 100 lumens min @ 350 mA, neutral white LEDs and warm white LEDs respectively offer up to 73.9 lumens min and 62 lumens min @ 350 mA. All products in series exhibit white point stability over lifetime.



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Cree Announces Breakthrough 100-Lumen XLamp LEDs Available in Volume Quantities



DURHAM, NC, JUNE 27, 2007 - Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED solid-state lighting components, today announced commercial availability of XLamp® LEDs with minimum luminous flux of 100 lumens at 350 mA. XLamp LEDs are the first LEDs to be available in volume with this level of performance. This advance sets a new standard in lighting-class LED brightness and efficiency.

XLamp LEDs have now achieved a 100% improvement in performance over the past 17 months. They can deliver either 25% greater brightness with improved efficacy, or they can deliver up to 55% greater brightness at the same efficacy when compared to the previous generation of XLamp LEDs. Moreover, the new XLamp LEDs retain the same footprint as previous XLamp LEDs, thereby protecting customers' design investments.

"Cree is to be congratulated on surpassing the 100-lumen level in its commercial white LED products," said Robert Steele, director of the optoelectronics practice at market research firm Strategies Unlimited. "The availability of such high-performance devices should certainly accelerate the conversion of the lighting market to solid-state sources."

"This is an announcement of volume availability, not an R&D result or availability of a few parts," stated Norbert Hiller, Cree vice president and general manager for lighting LEDs. "These LEDs can enable lighting manufactures to create fixtures using fewer LEDs than before, thereby lowering initial product cost and reducing energy consumption."

Additional information about XLamp LEDs can be obtained by calling XLamp sales at 919-313-5300 or at www.cree.com/xlamp.

About Cree, Inc.
Cree is a market-leading innovator and manufacturer of semiconductors and devices that enhance the value of solid-state lighting, power and communications products by significantly increasing their energy performance and efficiency.

Key to Cree's market advantage is its world-class materials expertise in SiC and GaN for chips and packaged devices that can handle more power in a smaller space while producing less heat than other available technologies, materials and products. Cree drives its increased performance technology into multiple applications, including exciting alternatives in brighter and more-tunable light for general illumination, backlighting for more-vivid displays, optimized power management for high-current, switch-mode power supplies and variable-speed motors, and more-effective wireless infrastructure for data and voice communications.

Cree customers range from innovative lighting fixtures makers to defense-related federal agencies. Cree's product families include blue and green LED chips, lighting LEDs, LED backlighting solutions, power-switching devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices. For product specifications please refer to www.cree.com.

Cree and XLamp are registered trademarks of Cree, Inc.

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