Yes and no. Microsoft's right is Nvidia must sell to Microsoft or nobody if Microsoft matches a competing bid for 30% or more of nVidia. A side effect of that i

Yes and no. Microsoft's right is Nvidia must sell to Microsoft or nobody if Microsoft matches a competing bid for 30% or more of nVidia. A side effect of that is that nVidia has to inform Microsoft of any deals of that size. This doesn't really do anything other than keep nVidia out of the hands of a competitor. It doesn't sound like this contract really helps if Microsoft wanted to buy nVidia without other buyers involved.