node.js updates processor microcode?

[Carl Fink <carl@finknetwork.com>]

I just installed npm on a Stable (Buster) system with apt. It brought in
dozens of other packages. Then I worked on other stuff while it downloaded and
installed. When I came back, a curses prompt was informing me that it had
already updated my kernel microcode. Is that something node.js is really
supposed to do. That wasn't a confirmation prompt, it was, "I already did
this, do you want to restart services?"
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