Semiconductor stocks had a tough summer, but their secular trends aren't going away.The best-performing sector in the market over the past 10 years has been the semiconductor sector. But many investors shy away from chip stocks due to their volatility.For investors with a time horizon beyond five years, you could be costing yourself outsized gains by shying away from chips. After all, every device people use contains more and more chips every year, and that only seems to be increasing with the AI revolution ...