Run CPU-heavy JavaScript work away from the main thread without blocking your Node.js application.
Node.js is excellent at handling I/O-heavy workloads, but CPU-intensive JavaScript can still block the main thread. Worker Threads allow you to run JavaScript in separate threads so expensive calculations can happen without stopping the main event loop.
Workers can communicate with the main thread by sending messages and can also share memory when needed. They are useful for tasks such as CPU-heavy calculations, data processing, and other workloads that would otherwise keep the event loop busy.
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