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DURHAM, N.C., August 24, 2010 — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces commercial availability of the new 100+ lumenXLamp® MX-3 LED. The MX-3 LED extends Cree’s lighting-class performance to a broader set of applications with enhanced light uniformity and LED-to-LED color consistency.

MX-3 delivers luminous flux of up to 122 lm at 350 mA in cool white (6500K) and up to 100 lm at 350 mA in warm white (3500K). The MX-3 offers design simplicity and flexibility, sharing a common footprint with Cree’s XLamp MX-6 LED, and is ideal for LED bulbs, retail display lighting and high-flux distributed illumination such as cove lighting and wall washing.

“The XLamp MX-3 is designed for customers who demand lighting-class performance across their entire product line,” said Paul Thieken, Cree director of marketing, LED components. “With the industry’s tightest color consistency and uniform angular chromaticity, Cree continues to set performance standards for longevity and consistency.”

XLamp MX-3 LEDs are available in sample quantities immediately and 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.

Cree’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 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 27, 2010, and subsequent filings.

Media Contact:
Erin Grohs
Fleishman-Hillard for Cree, Inc.
(919) 457-0751
Erin.grohs@fleishman.com

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Ultra-compact banks of 2 to over 32 frequency-locked RF synthesizers can be built in 2-channel increments, using a Synth300-TRIG-HS PCI master card and any number of SYNTH300-TRIG 2-channel slave boards. The Synth300-TRIG-HS PCI dual-channel Direct Digital Synthesizers (DDS) master card incorporates two independent DDSs synchronized to an on-board low-phase-noise SAW-stabilized 1GHz timebase, each channel separately programmable for frequencies between 300 KHz and 300 MHz in 0.233 Hz increments. Multiple Synth300-TRIG boards can be slaved to this master board, or an external oscillator of up to 1GHz, enabling a large number of frequency-locked channels to be installed in any low-cost PCI PC chassis, achieving what the company believes is a unique degree of miniaturization and cost-efficiency for RF signal generation.

in addition to single or multiple channel RF generation (+4dBm into 50 ohms), the SYNTH300-TRIG series can generate advanced RF signals such as triggered dwell/sweep/dwell quadrature swept signaling useful in Communications, RADAR, RF ATE, and other advanced applications. Additionally, by utilizing the 4 independent user-defined frequency/phase profiles associated with each dual synthesizer, frequency and/or phase modulated waveforms (4-FSK, 4-PSK) can be easily generated and controlled via software or external TTL inputs. In addition to its two sine-wave RF outputs, each Synth300-TRIG also includes an LVDS port, allowing the user to create a programmable digital clock with precise frequency and phase adjustment capability. Software provided includes a simple-to-use Windows™ GUI to quickly configure most applications, as well as example C code, for Linux and Windows™ to allow programming of advanced applications.

Each DDS-based synthesizer holds up to 4 independent frequency/phase profiles. Profile switching can be accomplished via host system software control or by external TTL frequency/phase profile switching inputs, allowing phase and/or frequency to be changed in as little as 8 nanoseconds, for applications in which the time uncertainty of software controlled frequency/phase selection is not acceptable.

Designed for low jitter operation in communications, industrial, military/aerospace, educational and scientific applications, the Synth300-TRIG-HS series finds applications in areas such as:

• Advanced RF system development and implementation in RADAR and SIGINT applications
• RF component test such as verification of phase/frequency detection device operation.
• ADC/DAC data acquisition systems in which a programmable timebase is required.
• Simulation of oscillator drift on a circuit or system during design and testing.
• Examination of spectral response of circuits, devices, or materials
• Low cost manufacturing test/QA instrumentation using multiple synthesizers in a host computer

The Synth300-TRIG-HS operates under Linux as well as Windows 7™, Vista™ or XP™. Most synthesis applications can be easily configured by means of the GUI provided. For more complex applications, example C programs may be easily edited and recompiled using common C compilers to create a dedicated executable. A library of C-coded functions and driver are also included.

The Synth300-TRIG-HS and SYNTH300-TRIG provide the functionality of much more expensive test equipment in a much smaller form factor (single-height PCI boards). The Synth300-TRIG HS dual channel master is priced at $2995 each, and each 2-channel PCI expansion board is priced at $2495 each. Delivery is from stock. Quantity discounts are available in quantities as small as 2 units.

More detailed specifications can be found at: www.ultraviewcorp.com/dds

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Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) introduces the MAX5978, a single-channel hot-swap controller for 0 to 16V backplanes. This device allows line cards to be safely inserted and removed from a live backplane without causing glitches on the system power-supply rail. The MAX5978 integrates a 10-bit ADC for monitoring voltages and currents, thus allowing system designers to monitor power consumption and system reliability. Targeted applications include networking, base-station, storage, and computer server line cards.



The integrated 10-bit ADC and I²C-compatible interface provide precise monitoring of currents, voltages, and fault conditions in hot-swappable line cards. Additionally, the MAX5978 integrates volatile memory containing two circular buffers that store 5ms of past current and voltage measurements. The buffers can be read back through the I²C interface at anytime or after a fault has occurred. Buffer data can be used by the system to determine if a line card is using its allocated power or operating abnormally, thereby improving overall system reliability.

Rated for 0 to 16V inputs, the MAX5978 can withstand transients or inductive spikes up to 30V. This device provides controlled inrush current at startup and two levels of overcurrent protection after startup. The MAX5978 also includes five digital comparators per hot-swap channel to provide overcurrent warning, two levels of overvoltage detection, and two levels of undervoltage detection. Four I/Os can be independently configured as general-purpose I/Os (GPIOs) or as open-drain LED drivers with programmable blanking. Other features include alert outputs to indicate undervoltage, overvoltage, and overcurrent faults. This controller can be configured for latched-off or autoretry fault management.

The MAX5978 is available in a small, 5mm x 5mm, 32-pin TQFN-EP package, and is fully specified for operation over the -40°C to +85°C extended temperature range. Prices start at $3.15 (1000-up, FOB USA).

Maxim Integrated Products is a publicly traded company that designs, manufactures, and sells high-performance semiconductor products. The Company was founded over 25 years ago with the mission to deliver innovative analog and mixed-signal engineering solutions that add value to its customers’ products. To date, it has developed over 6300 products serving the industrial, communications, consumer, and computing markets.

Maxim reported revenue in excess of $1.6 billion for fiscal 2009. A Fortune 1000 company, Maxim is included in the Nasdaq 100, the Russell 1000, and the MSCI USA indices. For more information, go to www.maxim-ic.com.