@arrjay I dunno about Nehalem, but I remember predicting SSDs coming into existence back when I was impressed by SRAM in the 1980s.
For me, the apogee of the personal computer probably still remains the Amiga.
Most code, even on far "faster" systems, doesn't even begin to impress me as much as things which run on OCS Amigas.
Circa 2013/2014 my employer had TrueNAS systems in a CARP HA pair with 384TB of storage, impressive numbers and high availability, sure!
But The Black Lotus's "Eon" with a score by @h0ffman which can run on an OCS/ECS Amiga? Art.
https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=81094
Glorious, and still enjoyable in 2024!
That past employer presumably long since retired and upgraded that TrueNAS system to something with even more daunting storage numbers and IOPS, and decidedly nothing that stirs my heart, pleases my ears nor impresses me with how much was done with so little.