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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Advanced Micro Devices

reported a third-quarter net profit of $48 million, or 6

cents a share, compared to a net loss of $157 million or 21

cents a share in the year-ago quarter as the chipmaker turns to

upcoming game consoles to offset slow demand for personal

computers.

AMD said on Thursday its third-quarter revenue was $1.46

billion, compared to $1.27 billion in the same quarter last

year. Analysts on average expected third-quarter revenue of

$1.416 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.