News: Microelectronics
5 March 2026
Circuits Integrated Hellas and Reach Power sign multi-year strategic MOU
Satellite communication (Satcom) technology provider Circuits Integrated Hellas (CIH) of Athens, Greece and wireless power-at-a-distance technologies provider Reach Power of Redwood City, CA, USA, have announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) establishing a multi-year strategic alliance. Focused on joint development of integrated radio frequency (RF)/millimeter-wave (mmWave) and wireless power and data transfer (WPDT) solutions, the alliance will target Satcom, defense, energy transfer, and other phased-array applications.
CIH will serve as a specialized semiconductor design partner and chip supplier, including RF/mmWave ICs, system-level beamforming architectures, and heterogeneous integration approaches tailored for high-performance satellite and networked power systems. Reach Power will contribute its proven wireless power-at-a-distance technology, AI-optimized power-beaming control algorithms, and system integration expertise across platforms that demand simultaneous power and data delivery.
Together, the companies plan to explore joint prototypes, reference architectures, and commercialization pathways that leverage complementary capabilities in silicon-level design and system-level power delivery.
“CIH’s deep expertise in mmWave semiconductor design is a powerful complement to Reach’s wireless power-beaming platform,” says Reach Power’s founder & CEO Chris Davlantes. “Together, we’re focused on enabling tightly integrated power and data architectures that reduce system complexity and unlock new capabilities for defense, satellite, and networked energy applications,” he adds.
“This agreement with wireless industry leader Reach lends further validation to CIH’s innovative approach and design services expertise,” says CIH’s CEO Paolo Fioravanti. “Moreover, it opens new opportunities for our award-winning Kythrion modules, intersecting perfectly for WPDT markets. This MOU enables joint development and early-adoption programs leveraging Reach’s extensive partner ecosystem — including NASA, defense integrators, and space, energy and wireless industry consortia.”
Market opportunity
The collaboration is reckoned to position both companies to capitalize on predicted strong growth in satellite communications and wireless power transmission. Multiple independent analysts are forecasting strong, sustained growth in advanced power and connectivity technologies through the 2030s. Satellite communications alone are expected to exceed US$200bn as demand rises for broadband connectivity, IoT services and low Earth-orbit (LEO) constellations, while wireless power transmission is projected to reach the large multi-billion-dollar scale as adoption broadens across sectors beyond consumer electronics.
Against this backdrop, the Reach–CIH MOU targets this broader opportunity set by pairing CIH’s custom IC and RF expertise with Reach’s power-at-a-distance platform to unlock new system-level capabilities for government and commercial customers.
Circuits Integrated Hellas is present in booth H30 at Space-Comm Expo Europe in London, UK, together with Space South Central (which CIH joined in November 2025).
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