San Diego-based Qualcomm has been refining mirasol since acquiring the technology from a startup in 2004.
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Pentagon officials have said they are concerned about Iran possibly acquiring information about the technology.
Buying the needed technology and acquiring the design team from Digital would solve its problems, management thought.
Then they realized they had to start acquiring engineering talent and technology.
It is unclear what the acquiring company will do with the technology.
Wall Street will begin to realize that it makes very little sense for the company to trade at multiple higher than Apple (AAPL) or Amazon (AMZN) while also immediately acquiring a larger market cap than technology bellwether Cisco (CSCO).
The larger storage companies have been acquiring companies that provide them with technology that allows them to play a larger role in the video workflow and thus get a larger piece of the storage capacity and revenue that supports this industry.
If acquiring overseas companies to gain access to technology, marketing and distribution channels in international markets is such an attractive proposition, why has it taken so long for industrial firms in China to venture abroad?
Despite the attraction of acquiring state-of-the-art technology, no Chinese company wants to be the first to face declining demand in markets it does not understand.
Apple recently made headlines by acquiring AuthenTec, a network and cloud security company with fingerprint identification technology.
By acquiring Volvo, Geely purchased an industry leading brand, and all of the technology, engineering, styling and marketing resources and infrastructure that contribute to that position.
The acquiring company likely has designs on using the service to support its at-home DVD burning technology QFlix.
There may be a smaller vendor among these dozens whose technology is just as solid and whose vision and culture is better aligned with the acquiring company.
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