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Registration of Additional Securities   —   Form S-3
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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-3MEF      Cree, Inc.                                             4     19K 
 2: EX-5.01     Opinion of Counsel                                     2     12K 
 3: EX-23.01    Consent of Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP                  1      6K 
 4: EX-23.02    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP                           1      5K 

S-3MEF   —   Cree, Inc.

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 13, 2000
                                                    Registration No. 333-_______

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-3
 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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CREE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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                     NORTH CAROLINA                                 56-1572719     
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer  
                                                                Identification No.)

4600 SILICON DRIVE
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27703
(919) 313-5300
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,  
of registrant's principal executive offices)

CYNTHIA B. MERRELL
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND TREASURER 
CREE, INC.
4600 SILICON DRIVE
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27703
(919) 313-5300
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service) 

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COPIES TO:
    GERALD F. ROACH, ESQ.                         PHILIP P. ROSSETTI, ESQ.
 AMY J. MEYERS, ESQ.                             HALE AND DORR LLP
SMITH, ANDERSON, BLOUNT,                           60 State Street  
DORSETT, MITCHELL & JERNIGAN, L.L.P.               Boston, Massachusetts 02109  
2500 First Union Capitol Center                         (617) 526-6000      
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601                                             
(919) 821-1220                                            

        APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon
as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.             
      If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following 
box. [ ]                                                                        
        If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act  
of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or      
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [ ]                       
       If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier        
effective registration statement for the same offering.  [X] 333-94013          
        If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act   
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement   
for the same offering. [ ]                                                      
     If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box.   [ ]                                      

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                                            CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE                                                 
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                                                                       Proposed           Proposed                          
             Title of Each Class                                        Maximum            Maximum                          
                of Securities                          Amount to     Offering Price        Aggregate         Amount of      
              to be Registered                      be Registered      Per Share       Offering Price       Registration Fee
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Common Stock, $0.0025 par value per share......        299,000       $85.125          $25,452,375         $6,719.43         
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EXPLANATORY NOTE

    This registration statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 462(b)") and includes the registration  
statement facing page, this page, the signature page, an exhibit index, an      
opinion of counsel and accountants' consents. Pursuant to Rule 462(b), the      
contents of the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-94013), as     
amended, of Cree, Inc., including the exhibits thereto (the "Initial            
Registration Statement"), are incorporated by reference into this registration  
statement. This registration statement covers the registration of 299,000 shares
of Common Stock of Cree, Inc. for sale in the offer referred to in the Initial  
Registration Statement.                                                         

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant      
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the    
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration       
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly         
authorized, in the City of Durham, State of North Carolina, on January 13, 2000.

CREE, INC.

                       By:/s/ F. Neal Hunter
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                      F. Neal Hunter
                                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration   
statement has been signed by the following persons on January 13, 2000 in the   
capacities indicated.                                                           

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                   Signature                                             Title                
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 /s/ F. Neal Hunter                                   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer    
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F. Neal Hunter                                                                                

 /s/ Cynthia B. Merrell                               Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer   
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Cynthia B. Merrell                                                                            

                   *                                  Director                                
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Calvin H. Carter, Jr., Ph.D.                                                                  

                   *                                  Director                                
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James E. Dykes                                                                                

                   *                                  Director                                
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Michael W. Haley                                                                              

                   *                                  Director                                
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Walter L. Robb, Ph.D.                                                                         

                   *                                  Director                                
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Dolph W. Von Arx                                                                              

                   *                                  Director                                
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John W. Palmour, Ph.D.                                                                        

*By:  /s/ F. Neal Hunter                    *By:  /s/ Cynthia B. Merrell                      
     ----------------------------------          --------------------------------------       
     F. Neal Hunter as Attorney-in-Fact          Cynthia B. Merrell as Attorney-in-Fact       

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 EXHIBIT INDEX

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Exhibit                                                                
 Number           Description of Exhibit                               
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5.01              Opinion of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell
                  & Jernigan, L.L.P.                                   

23.01             Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP                

23.02             Consent of Ernst & Young LLP                         

23.03             Consent of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell
                  & Jernigan, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.01 hereto) 

24.01             Powers of Attorney (filed as Exhibit 24.01 to the    
                  Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-94013)   
                  and incorporated herein by reference)                

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

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This ‘S-3MEF’ Filing		Date		First		Last			Other Filings
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