English Dictionary

chicken bit

noun

(electronics) A bit on a chip that can be used to disable one of the features of the chip if it proves faulty or negatively impacts performance.

I had a chicken bit for lunch.

意味（1）

(electronics) A bit on a chip that can be used to disable one of the features of the chip if it proves faulty or negatively impacts performance.

As an example, modules such as branch predictors and speculative execution units can be turned off with a variant of the “chicken bits”, control bits common to many design developments to control the activation of specific features.