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OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Outshines the Competition with the Next Generation of Its OSTAR Headlamp LED

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, a world leader in LED technology and high performance automotive products, has developed the next generation of its already impressively bright OSTAR® Headlamp LED. The new and improved headlamp LED features five chips connected in a series, with a color temperature of 6000 K and a peak performance of 620 lumen (lm) at 700 mA – twice the brightness of its predecessor.

“OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has taken the OSTAR Headlamp LED to a new level of unparalleled brightness,” Ellen Sizemore, director, LED/IR marketing, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Inc., said. “Delivering cutting-edge lighting technology to the automotive industry will continue to advance the reality of LEDs for forward lighting applications,” she added.

Operating without a lens, the high brightness of the new OSTAR Headlamp LED has been achieved through a combination of measures. OSRAM’s thin-film chip technology, in combination with an improved phosphor converter, gives this new LED product high luminance and improved efficacy with minimum space requirements.

Samples of the new OSTAR Headlamp LED are currently available, with volume production to begin in the third quarter of 2008.

For further information, product data sheets and pricing, please contact a local OSRAM sales representative at www.osram-os.com or 1.888.446.7726.

OSRAM offers a complete line of cutting-edge, award-winning, light emitting diode (LED) products and solutions for the automotive industry ranging from discrete LED components to standardized automotive LED systems.

About OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg is a wholly owned subsidiary of OSRAM, one of the world’s two leading lighting manufacturers in the world. It offers its customers solutions based on semiconductor technology for lighting, sensor and visualization applications. The company employs more than 3,500 people worldwide and operates sites in Regensburg (Germany), San Jose (USA) and Penang (Malaysia). Sales for the fiscal year ending September 2006 totaled more than EUR 500 million. For more information, visit www.OSRAM-os.com.