<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001062993-22-014390.txt : 20220606
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001062993-22-014390
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220531
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220606
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220606

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Akerib Avidan
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001932651

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33387
		FILM NUMBER:		22998178

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC.
		STREET 2:		1213 ELKO DRIVE
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94089

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GSI TECHNOLOGY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001126741
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				770398779
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1213 ELKO DRIVE
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94089
		BUSINESS PHONE:		483319802

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1213 ELKO DRIVE
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94089
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<DESCRIPTION>INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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    <periodOfReport>2022-05-31</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>GSI TECHNOLOGY INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GSIT</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Akerib Avidan</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1213 ELKO DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SUNNYVALE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94089</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>VP of Associative Computing</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10825</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>3.40</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2026-02-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>200000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2027-01-30</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>20000</value>
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            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeHolding>
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            <securityTitle>
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                <value>7.26</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2027-07-31</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
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                <value>6.70</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2028-07-30</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>30000</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2029-07-29</value>
            </expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>40000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
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        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>5.83</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2030-08-03</value>
            </expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>40000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
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                <value>5.58</value>
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                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2031-08-02</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>40000</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">The option is fully vested and exercisable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer, the option vests and becomes 100% exercisable on May 23, 2023.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer, the option vests and becomes 100% exercisable on May 23, 2024.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer, the option vests and becomes 100% exercisable on May 23, 2025.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Avidan Akerib by Douglas Schirle, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-06-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
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AVIDAN AKERIB
POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING PURPOSES
	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Douglas Schirle and Benjamin Griebe, or any of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	prepare, execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of GSI Technology, Inc. (the "Company");
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing, which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of June 1, 2022.
AVIDAN AKERIB
/s/ Avidan Akerib

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