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The most notable companies in this group are NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (NYSE:TSM), Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN), Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT), QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM), Lam Research Corp (NASDAQ:LRCX), Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI).

The semiconductor industry manufacturers all chip-related products, including research and development. These chips are used in innumerable electronic devices, including computers, cell phones, smartphones, and GPSs. Intel Corporation, NVIDIA Corp., and Broadcomm are some of the prominent players in this industry. Semiconductor companies usually tend to do well during periods of healthy economic growth, thereby inducing further research and development in the industry – which in turn augurs well for productivity and growth in the economy. In the near future, demand for semiconductor products (and possibly innovation within the segment) should only expand further, with the proliferation of 5G, autonomous vehicles, IoT, and various AI-driven electronics set to herald a new, advanced chapter in the technology-driven world as we know it. With burgeoning prospects comes great competition. In 2015, SIA estimated that U.S. semiconductor industry ranks as the second most competitive U.S. industry out of 2882 U.S. industries designated manufacturers by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The average market capitalization across the Semiconductors Industry is 52.17B. The market cap for tickers in the group ranges from 13.43K to 3.59T. NVDA holds the highest valuation in this group at 3.59T. The lowest valued company is CYBL at 13.43K.

The average weekly price growth across all stocks in the Semiconductors Industry was 3%. For the same Industry, the average monthly price growth was -2%, and the average quarterly price growth was -10%. SMTK experienced the highest price growth at 38%, while GUER experienced the biggest fall at -51%.

The average weekly volume growth across all stocks in the Semiconductors Industry was 47%. For the same stocks of the Industry, the average monthly volume growth was 47% and the average quarterly volume growth was 6%