EXHIBIT 23.1
 
              CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
  We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8 Nos. 333-39215, 333-26153, 333-17299, 333-15181, 33-80706, and
33-65756) pertaining to the 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 1995
Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, the 1993 Stock Option Plan, the 1993 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan and the 1993 Director Stock Option Plan of OPTi, Inc. of
our report dated January 28, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements and schedule of OPTi Inc. included in this Annual Report (Form 10-
K) for the year ended December 31, 1997.
 
                                          /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
San Jose, California
March 30, 1998