[EPIC]: `mdspan`-based algorithms
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### Area
libcu++
### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
1. `mdspan` represents the C++ abstraction for multidimensional data. We currently support only a small subset of available features
2. The `llm.c` version presented to the [CUDA MODE](https://github.com/cuda-mode) group can be greatly simplified and improved by supporting additional features related to `mdspan`
### Describe the solution you'd like
- Provide a `cuda::` `streaming accessor` instead of manually instantiate it
- Allow `mdspan` to support device-only/host-only code for custom accessors and layouts
- Provide `for_each_in_extent` to directly linearization/de-linearization multidimensional indices
- Provide `mdarray` (owning version of `mdspan`)
- Provide a vocabulary type to declare host or device `mdspan/mdarray`
### Describe alternatives you've considered
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