Better Buy: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. vs. Cypress Semiconductor

2017 was a great year for the semiconductor industry thanks to robust demand for chips across multiple industries. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rallied 46% this year, easily beating the S&P 500's 15% gain.

Some shining stars, like Cypress Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CY), even outperformed the index -- Cypress itself grew nearly 50% this year. Yet there were also laggards, like AMD (NASDAQ: AMD), which stayed nearly flat this year after being one of the hottest chip stocks of 2016.

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