Enable direct MX4→BF16 dequantization to reduce memory #5206
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Summary:
X-link: meta-pytorch/torchrec#3602
X-link: https://github.com/facebookresearch/FBGEMM/pull/2202
Add output_dtype parameter to MX4 dequantization stack to support direct
conversion to BF16/FP16, avoiding expensive FP32 intermediate step.
Differential Revision: D87826479