Just as 4G wireless ushered in a new era of smartphones and mobile applications on which we have come to depend, the new 5G wireless standard promises even more exciting innovation in the decade ahead. 5G enthusiasts predict faster, more secure, and higher-capacity communications, paving the way for new AR/VR applications, more sensor-based automated vehicles, factories, and agriculture, and other new-age apps we can't even think of.

The need to power all of these applications is spurring massive demand increases for next-generation chips. Yet my top three 5G stocks right now aren't semiconductor producers or designers themselves, but rather the key "picks nd shovels" tools semiconductor foundries use to make those chips. Here's why this sub-segment is my favorite way to play 5G right now.  

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