Companies react to tough competition in the LED sector. DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) and Epistar Corporation have signed a worldwide patent cross-license agreement for ...

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces the XLamp ® eTone ™ LEDs, a breakthrough set of chip-on-board (COB) LEDs that delivers beautiful 90 color rendering index (CRI) light ...

Leading LED manufacturer Cree made an investment of $83 million and entered into a supply agreement with Lextar Electronics Corporation for sapphire-based LED chips, last week. The companies also ...

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, and Lextar Electronics Corporation (TAIEX: 3698), today announced that the companies have entered into an ...

Few talked about solid-state lighting -- known as light emitting diodes or LEDs --except as futuristic technology that would probably come of age in 2020 and beyond. Most consumers considered them ...

With Cree’s announcement today of its XLamp MPL EasyWhite LED the company moves another step forward on its quest to eliminate “binning” from the vocabulary of LED lighting application designers. The ...

Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar obtained OEM orders for low- and mid-power blue-color LED chips from US-based Cree in July 2013 and will begin shipments in September, according ...

Cree today announced the release of its new EZR LED chip in mobile LCD backlight applications. The EZR chip will be offered in several brightness bins, including what the company claims is the ...

“Wolfspeed,” which is in part a tribute to research dating back to the N.C. State days of Durham-based Cree, is the name for the semiconductor and radio frequency business the company plans to spin ...

Jan 18 (Reuters) - Cree Inc. , whose microchips help run traffic lights and wireless devices, posted lower second-quarter revenue and forecast third-quarter earnings below analysts' estimates. Revenue ...