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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
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                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
                                 September 10, 2001
                  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
  
                                      OPTi INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant, as Specified in its Charter)
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     California                    000-21422                       77-0220697
  (State or other           (Commission File Number)            (I.R.S. Employer
  Jurisdiction of                                              Identification No.)
   Incorporation)
  
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                                   660 Alder Drive
                                 Milpitas, CA 95035
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (408) 382-2600
  
  
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  Item 5. Other Events.
  
       Board Approval of Voluntary Liquidation and Dissolution
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       On September 10, 2001, OPTi Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release
  announcing that its Board of Directors had unanimously voted to voluntarily
  liquidate and dissolve the Company, subject to approval by shareholders of a
  Plan of Complete Liquidation.
  
       Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is the Company's press release dated
  September 10, 2001.
  
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                                      SIGNATURE
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                              OPTi INC.
  
                                              /s/ Michael Mazzoni
                                              ------------------------------------
                                              By:     Michael Mazzoni
                                              Title:  Chief Financial Officer
  
  
  Date:  September 13, 2001
  
  
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                                    EXHIBIT INDEX
  
                                                          Page No. in Sequentially
  Exhibit No.         Description                         Numbered Current Report
  -----------         -----------                         ------------------------
     99.1             OPTi Inc. Press Release dated
                      September 10, 2001.
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                   ---------------
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
                                 September 10, 2001
                  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
  
                                      OPTi INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant, as Specified in its Charter)
                -----------------------------------------------------
  
     California                    000-21422                       77-0220697
  (State or other           (Commission File Number)            (I.R.S. Employer
  Jurisdiction of                                              Identification No.)
   Incorporation)
  
                      ----------------------------------------
  
                                   660 Alder Drive
                                 Milpitas, CA 95035
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (408) 382-2600
  
                -----------------------------------------------------
  Item 5. Other Events.
  
       Board Approval of Voluntary Liquidation and Dissolution
       -------------------------------------------------------
  
       On September 10, 2001, OPTi Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release
  announcing that its Board of Directors had unanimously voted to voluntarily
  liquidate and dissolve the Company, subject to approval by shareholders of a
  Plan of Complete Liquidation.
  
       Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is the Company's press release dated
  September 10, 2001.
  SIGNATURE
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                              OPTi INC.
  
                                              /s/ Michael Mazzoni
                                              ------------------------------------
                                              By:     Michael Mazzoni
                                              Title:  Chief Financial Officer
  
  Date:  September 13, 2001
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
                                                          Page No. in Sequentially
  Exhibit No.         Description                         Numbered Current Report
  -----------         -----------                         ------------------------
     99.1             OPTi Inc. Press Release dated
                      September 10, 2001.