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Top-512 block selection

Keeps the 512 best blocks and expands them back to 2048 logical token positions in Qwen Sparse Attention.

Also called QSA keeps the best 512 blocks.

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QSA keeps the best 512 blocks, expands them back to 2048 logical token positions

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