"But why not industry?"

Petaflop computers provide tremendous capabilities that unfortunately seem far removed from the routine development of new products and processes. Several excellent studies on simulation-based engineering have documented opportunities and challenges for the U.S. federal government, national laboratories, and universities. Industrial recommendations have included incentives for R&D investment, but do not address several of the systemic impediments to the widespread use of high performance computing in industrial modeling and simulation. Based upon actual experience, several issues and opportunities for more widespread industrial application will be discussed