Micro Linear Corporation Hires Investor Relations Firm

Management Focused on Increasing Corporate Visibility and Investor Outreach 


SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 28  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Micro Linear Corporation (NASDAQ:MLIN), a leading supplier of wireless integrated circuits, today announced that it has hired Shelton Group for strategic investor relations counsel.

Shelton Group is a Dallas-based, full service corporate communications agency with more than 11 years of experience working with both private and public companies in the high-technology sector.  Shelton Group's Investor Relations team provides all aspects of strategic counsel designed to raise the visibility of client companies as well as to build and sustain investor support.

"We chose Shelton Group for the breadth and depth of their investor relations expertise and their extensive semiconductor industry knowledge," stated Tim Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Micro Linear Corporation. "The management team and the Board are committed to growing and expanding our business and believe that the Shelton Group can assist us with increasing investor awareness and maintaining strong communications with our stockholders as well as key members of the financial community. As we finalize our planning for 2006, Shelton Group will be instrumental in positioning Micro Linear to the Street, while building a broad following for the Company."

For more information about Micro Linear or to be included in the Company's distribution database for future updates and notifications, please contact Shelton Group.

About Micro Linear Corporation

Micro Linear Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in wireless integrated circuits. In addition to its PHS products, the Company offers a full line of high data-rate ISM-band transceivers for consumer applications such as cordless phones, wireless speakers and headphones, game controllers, voice headsets and other electronic appliances. Micro Linear offers a uniquely broad line of transceivers that address the most popular unlicensed bands: 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, and 5.8 GHz. To simplify system design and decrease time to market, Micro Linear also offers starter kits and reference designs. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Micro Linear's products are available through its authorized representatives and distributors worldwide. More information can be found online at http://www.microlinear.com/.

About Shelton Group

Shelton Group is an integrated communications firm providing customized programs for the strategic delivery of public relations (PR), investor relations (IR), marketing, and creative design services to public and private companies in the high-technology sector. Founded in 1994 with a technology focus, Shelton Group offers a team of professionals with extensive deep-tech knowledge and expertise in emerging growth areas, including semiconductors, telecommunications, intellectual property and enterprise software. Through a dedication to value-added service and a national network of key strategic relationships, Shelton Group has built a trusted reputation with the media, industry experts and the financial industry that produces results for emerging and established technology companies. More information about the firm is available online at http://www.sheltongroup.com/ .

Micro Linear(TM) and the Micro Linear logo are trademarks of Micro Linear Corporation. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. 

DATASOURCE: Micro Linear Corporation



CONTACT:  Mike Schradle, Chief Financial Officer/ VP Operations of Micro

Linear Corporation, [phone]; or Kellie Nugent, Investor Relations of

Shelton Group, [phone], ext. 125, or 



Web site:  http://www.microlinear.com/ 

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