Semiconductors are the tiny silicon-based devices that power everything from our laptops and phones to our cars. Putting money in semiconductor stocks have been a good investment decision over the past 12 months, especially if some of that capital went to hold Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA).The craze around artificial intelligence and machine learning boosted the shares of public semiconductor companies enabling growth in these novel fields. Similarly, semiconductor firms making cloud computing possible — and even qu ...