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New Cree High-Voltage, Lighting-Class LEDs Enable More Efficient LED Bulbs

^{Published on 2010-10-14 13:11:00 - Market Wire}
 

DURHAM, N.C.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, extends its lighting-class LED leadership into high-voltage LEDs with the commercial availability of new XLamp^® MX-6S and MX-3S LEDs.

"These new XLamp LED products can enable LED lamp manufacturers to create more efficient and cost-effective designs in applications such as A-19-bulbs or GU10 lamps"

With the same footprint and high-quality performance as the XLamp MX-6 and MX-3 LEDs, the MX-6S and MX-3S LEDs offer new high-voltage configurations designed for space-constrained LED lamps and bulbs. For these applications high voltage LEDs can be used to achieve smaller, more efficient power supplies and thermal systems.

The XLamp MX-6S LED delivers luminous flux of up to 139 lumens at 60 mA/20 V in 6000 K and 114 lumens in 3000 K. The XLamp MX-3S LED provides up to 122 lumens at 115 mA/10.7 V in 6000 K and 100 lumens in 3000 K. The MX series LEDs deliver lighting-class performance for high voltage LEDs, including high reliability, high efficacy and industry-leading color consistency.

aThese new XLamp LED products can enable LED lamp manufacturers to create more efficient and cost-effective designs in applications such as A-19-bulbs or GU10 lamps,a said Paul Thieken, Cree director of marketing, LED components. aWith the addition of these products, Cree continues to deliver the industrya™s highest performance application-optimized LED components to the lighting design community.a

XLamp MX-6S and MX-3S LEDs are available now in production quantities with standard lead times. To locate a distributor, please visit [ www.cree.com/buyxlamp ].

About Cree

Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and setting the stage to obsolete the incandescent light bulb through the use of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. Cree is a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting, and semiconductor solutions for wireless and power applications.

Creea™s product families include LED fixtures and bulbs, blue and green LED chips, high-brightness LEDs, lighting-class power LEDs, power-switching devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices. Cree solutions are driving improvements in applications such as general illumination, backlighting, electronic signs and signals, variable-speed motors, and wireless communications.

For additional product and company information, please refer to [ www.cree.com ]. To learn more about the LED Lighting Revolution, please visit [ www.creeledrevolution.com ].

This press release contains forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated. Actual results may differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk we may encounter delays or other difficulties in ramping up production of our new products; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render Creea™s products obsolete; and other factors discussed in Creea™s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 27, 2010, and subsequent filings.

Cree and XLamp are registered trademarks of Cree, Inc.