{"id":2477,"date":"2026-04-08T18:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:50:42","slug":"hack-the-chip-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/hack-the-chip-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Hack-The-Chip &#8217;26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udccc About the Event<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hack-The-Chip &#8217;26<\/strong> is a high intensity, 24 hour National Level Hackathon focused on the cutting edge of hardware acceleration. Hosted by the Department of ECE at <strong>K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology (KRCT)<\/strong>, this event specifically targets <strong>FPGA based solutions<\/strong>. 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