EXHIBIT 23.3
Consent of Independent Accountants
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated July 22, 1998, except for the
restatement of the fiscal 1998 financial statements as a result of the business
combination described in the first three paragraphs of Note 2 for which the date
is May 1, 2000, relating to the financial statements of Cree, Inc., which
appears in Cree, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 25,
2000.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Raleigh, North Carolina
August 8, 2000
