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Fugaku nodes carry one A64FX CPU with 48 compute cores plus 4 assistant cores, so 100,000 node-hours is roughly 4.8 million core-hours; that conversion is arithmetic from the published node design, not a quoted figure. The binding door is the organisational signature, not money and not the science case. 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