Intel China and Chinese search company Baidu.com announced plans on Thursday to jointly develop Internet search applications.According to terms of the agreement, Baidu and Intel will jointly develop search applications for laptops, mobile phones and home PCs. The partners didn’t disclose the specific areas of search technology where they plan to cooperate.As part of the deal, Baidu also agreed to use servers based on Intel processors for its back-end systems.“In addition to PCs, our users will soon be able to access Baidu search services on their handsets and home devices,” said Jerry Liu, Baidu’s chief technology officer, in a statement. The statement did not clarify how these services would be different from Baidu’s existing mobile search service. Specific details of the joint development work will be worked out at a later date, said Leo Wang, an Intel China spokesman.Baidu.com is the most popular Internet search engine in China. Its nearest rival is Google, which announced plans in March to move its back-end servers from Intel-based systems to servers based on Advanced Micro Devices’ Opteron processor, according to an investment bank report. The announcement of the partnership between Intel China and Baidu.com comes the day after Google officially opened its Beijing R&D lab. The lab could house up to 150 engineers by the middle of this year and eventually become the company’s largest R&D site outside the United States, Google said.-IDG News Service staff, IDGNS BeijingFor related news coverage, read Microsoft’s Google Scholar Rival Set to Go Live.Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content brandpost Sponsored by SAP What goes well with Viña Concha y Toro wines? Meat, fish, poultry, and SAP Viña Concha y Toro, a wine producer that distributes to more than 140 countries worldwide, paired its operation with the SAP Business Technology Platform to enhance its operation and product. By Tom Caldecott, SAP Contributor Dec 04, 2023 4 mins Digital Transformation brandpost Sponsored by Azul How to maximize ROI by choosing the right Java partner for your organization Choosing the right Java provider is a critical decision that can have a significant impact on your organization’s success. By asking the right questions and considering the total cost of ownership, you can ensure that you choose the best Java p By Scott Sellers Dec 04, 2023 5 mins Application Management brandpost Sponsored by DataStax Ask yourself: How can genAI put your content to work? Generative AI applications can readily be built against the documents, emails, meeting transcripts, and other content that knowledge workers produce as a matter of course. By Bryan Kirschner Dec 04, 2023 5 mins Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence feature The CIO’s new role: Orchestrator-in-chief CIOs have unique insight into everything that happens in a company. Some are using that insight to take on a more strategic role. By Minda Zetlin Dec 04, 2023 12 mins CIO C-Suite Business IT Alignment Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe