vLLM introduces Model Runner V2

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Model Runner V2 — a modular execution core with GPU-native input preparation and asynchronous scheduling

Why it matters

The second rewrite of the execution layer since the V1 redesign. Serving competition moved from kernels to schedulers and execution cores

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