Cree Opens Design Possibilities for Architectural Lighting with New CLQ6A LED

DURHAM, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cree (Nasdaq: CREE) expands its leading family of Architectural Lighting
Class LEDs with the new CLQ6A RGBW (red, green, blue and white) LED. The
first individually addressable one-watt RGBW LED in its class, the CLQ6A
LED unlocks new designs that were previously not possible. The
four-in-one LED provides a single point source for excellent optical
control, efficient color mixing and simplified design, enabling lighting
manufacturers to offer beautiful and differentiated architectural
lighting.

“Architectural lighting is one of the most challenging applications
because of the scale, visibility and complexity of the installations.
This is why we trust our brand with Cree^® LEDs,” said Li Yong
Tao, R&D Director at Grand Canyon LED Lighting Systems Co, Ltd. “Cree^®
LEDs deliver superior luminous flux output, rich color options and
excellent color consistency that are perfect for architectural lighting.
Cree’s high reliability enables us to offer products that perform well
even in harsh outdoor conditions.”

Delivering 8.2 lumens for Blue, 30 lumens for Green, 14 lumens for Red
and 25 lumens for White at 100 mA in a 5 x 5.2 mm package, the CLQ6A LED
improves brightness by seven times over similar 4:1 LEDs that have not
been optimized for architectural lighting. Cree is also extending its
CLX6F family with a PC Amber option that delivers 23 lumens at 105 mA in
a 3.4 mm x 3.5 mm package. These new LEDs provide unique design options
and expand Cree’s portfolio of LEDs for architectural lighting, which
includes the high-power XLamp^® XQ-A, XQ-E, XP-E2 and XM-L^™
Color LEDs.

“Cree continues to develop new application-optimized LEDs that provide
our customers with the best options to meet their design requirements,”
said Dave Emerson, Cree LEDs senior vice president and general manager.
“Previously, lighting manufacturers only had high and low power LEDs to
choose from for these color options. With the new CLQ6A and CLX6F LEDs,
we are expanding the industry’s best portfolio of LEDs for architectural
lighting with the light output and reliability innovations expected from
Cree to fill the performance gap in the market and meet customers’
needs.”

Product samples of the CLQ6A and CLX6F LEDs are available now with
standard lead times. Please visit http://www.cree.com/architecture
to learn more.

About Cree

Cree is a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, lighting
products and power and radio frequency (RF) semiconductors. Cree’s
product families include LED lighting systems and bulbs, blue and green
LED chips, high-brightness LEDs, lighting-class power LEDs,
power-switching devices and RF devices. Cree’s products are driving
improvements in applications such as general illumination, electronic
signs and signals, satellite communications, power supplies and
inverters.

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 that actual
savings and lifetimes will vary from expectations; the risk we may be
unable to manufacture these new products with sufficiently low cost to
offer them at competitive prices or with acceptable margins; the risk we
may encounter delays or other difficulties in ramping up production of
our new products; customer acceptance of our new products; the rapid
development of new technology and competing products that may impair
demand or render Cree’s products obsolete; and other factors discussed
in Cree’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
its report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 26, 2016, and subsequent
filings.

Please refer to www.cree.com
for additional product and Company information.

Cree^® and XLamp^® are registered trademarks, and
XM-L^™ is a trademark of Cree, Inc.

Contacts

Cree, Inc.
Claire Simmons
Corporate Communications
[email protected]