Is Node running a child process on a multi-core processor?

Question

When I call .spawn to create a new child process in Node.js, does it take advantage of multi-core processors?

Link: https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html

Answer 1

Yes, a new process will be created and managed by your OS. This new process can run in parallel with the main process if your computer has at least 2 virtual processor cores.