EMC’s Business Finance blog

Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) on Monday made its debut in the corporate desktop market with seven processors that come with business-class support.

The new products mark AMD’s initial lineup in a market that had been left to rival Intel (NSDQ: INTC). AMD plans to launch chips in the second half of the year for business notebooks. The new products will be based on AMD’s next generation platform codenamed Puma, which ships to computer makers this quarter.

The desktop business chips contain no new technology, but come with a 24-month lifecycle, a requirement for the corporate market. Such longevity is not necessary with AMD’s traditional consumer desktop chips, which come and go depending on market demand.