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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
  
                                  February 26, 2002
                  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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                              880 Maude Avenue, Suite A
                               Mountain View, CA 94043
  
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
  
  
  
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (650) 625-8787
  
  
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  Item 8.  Change in Fiscal Year.
  
           OPTi Inc. (the "Company" or "OPTi") is currently operating on a fiscal
  year ending December 31 ("December Fiscal Year"). On February 26, 2002, the
  Board of Directors of OPTi determined that it would be in the best interests of
  the Company and its shareholders to change its fiscal year from a December
  Fiscal Year to a year beginning on April 1 and ending on March 31, beginning on
  April 1, 2002. In connection with this change in fiscal year, the Company will
  file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a quarterly report on Form 10-Q
  covering the transition period from January 1, 2002 (the day after the fiscal
  year ended December 31, 2001) to March 31, 2002.
  
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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
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                                     By:    Michael Mazzoni
                                     Title: Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
  
  Date:  March 12, 2002
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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
  
                                  February 26, 2002
                  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)
  
                      ----------------------------------------
  
                              880 Maude Avenue, Suite A
                               Mountain View, CA 94043
  
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (650) 625-8787
  
                -----------------------------------------------------
  Item 8.  Change in Fiscal Year.
  
           OPTi Inc. (the "Company" or "OPTi") is currently operating on a fiscal
  year ending December 31 ("December Fiscal Year"). On February 26, 2002, the
  Board of Directors of OPTi determined that it would be in the best interests of
  the Company and its shareholders to change its fiscal year from a December
  Fiscal Year to a year beginning on April 1 and ending on March 31, beginning on
  April 1, 2002. In connection with this change in fiscal year, the Company will
  file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a quarterly report on Form 10-Q
  covering the transition period from January 1, 2002 (the day after the fiscal
  year ended December 31, 2001) to March 31, 2002.
  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 and Secretary
  
  Date:  March 12, 2002