[chockchocschoir]

A company focusing on one thing will always beat a company "focusing" on a hundred things. Noctua basically focuses on various cooling components, and only that sector, meaning they have deep expertise in that. Intel I can't even begin to list how many different things they are doing, while their main focus is processors. They have deep expertise in processors, but you can't expect them to be able to beat a single-purpose company like Noctua at their own game.

Granted, single-focus vs multi-focus is not the only factor, as sometimes multi-focus companies prove to us, but it is a great factor.