Top Semiconductor Stocks You Can Buy Today -- The Motley Fool

Much as the steam engine helped power the Industrial Revolution, semiconductors are in many ways the backbone that power today's information revolution. A semiconductor is a microchip that allows any computing device to carry out the instructions a program sets forth. The size of the semiconductor industry should continue to climb with the levels of technology in our daily lives, though the growth won't be evenly distributed. This is a diverse industry, but for now let's focus on some of the more compelling opportunities for investors in the semiconductor space today. QCT, the chip business, dominates revenue production, having generated between 68% and 71% of Qualcomm's total sales in each of the past three fiscal years.