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.

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San Diego-based Qualcomm has been refining mirasol since acquiring the technology from a startup in 2004.

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The acquiring company likely has designs on using the service to support its at-home DVD burning technology QFlix.

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