DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 13, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Cree, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CREE - News), a leader in LED lighting components, today announced it has achieved R&D results of 129 lumens per watt for a cool-white LED [cool-white is about as good as the sucky pre-T2 fluorescent bulbs)]and 99 lumens per watt for a warm-white LED [compared to 10-25 lumens/watt for incandescent]. These are the best results reported for packaged, high-power LEDs...
The results have been verified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
[- full disclosure: my family owns a good bit of stock in this company; rumors of a GE purchase of CREE bounce around every so often; unfortunately CREE's progress in technology isn't matched by their performance in sales - the past 3 or so quarters have been less than expected] |