Baidu and Intel Announced All-round Cooperation

Baidu and Intel Announced All-round Cooperation

April 13, 2006

    BEIJING, China, April 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
2006-Intel China Ltd., a subsidiary of Intel Corporation,
the world leader in silicon innovation, and Baidu, the
leading Chinese language Internet search provider today
signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for cooperation
in the development of Internet search and related
applications in China. 

    (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041011/BAIDULOGO )

    According to the MOU, the two parties will cooperate in
advancing Internet search applications for laptops, handsets
and PC in the digital home environment, coupling Intel's
server platform with Baidu's backend search systems to
achieve optimized performance and operational stability. 

    "Baidu is committed to providing the best way for
people to find information.  In addition to PCs, our users
will soon be able to access Baidu search services on their
handsets and home devices," Said Jerry Liu, CTO of
Baidu.  "Intel is the global leader in silicon
technology and has played a critical role in enhancing
Internet user experience.  We are pleased to join hands
with Intel in making Internet search more convenient and
fun for people on their wireless devices and home
appliances."   

    The two parties will rely on their respective strengths
in technology to develop optimized Baidu search applications
for Intel platforms, and facilitate implementation on PC,
laptops, handsets and home appliances. 

    Intel is also Baidu's backend server platform provider.
 "A high performance, high stable and high scalable
server platform is very important to Baidu's powerful
search engine system.  Intel has been a reliable long-term
provider and partner," said Jerry Liu. 

    "Baidu is the most frequently used search engine
in China with an enormous user base.  Its high traffic
volume requires the highest standard of performance and
stability in its server platform.  Intel is pleased to work
together with Baidu to provide optimized search performance
and exciting search experience to end users," said
Thomas M. Kilroy, Vice President of Intel Corporation and
General Manager of Digital Enterprise Group, "With
regard to server platform, 80% of the current enterprise
servers are all based on Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 processor or
Intel(R)Xeon(R) processor.  The cost-effective and
innovative server platform of Intel will surely provide
powerful backend support for hundreds of million users of
Baidu."

    About Baidu

    Baidu.com, Inc. is the leading Chinese language
Internet search provider. As a technology-based media
company, Baidu aims to provide the best way for people to
find information.  In addition to serving individual
Internet search users, Baidu provides an effective platform
for businesses to reach potential customers.  Baidu's ADSs,
each of which represents one Class A ordinary share,
currently trade on the NASDAQ Global Market under the
symbol "BIDU".

    About Intel

    Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops
technologies, products and initiatives to continually
advance how people work and live. Additional information
about Intel is available at http://www.intel.com/pressroom
.

    For more information, please contact:
 
     Cynthia He
     Baidu.com, Inc.
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

SOURCE  Baidu.com, Inc.