Slim down on typed array allocations in conversion.ts

[austinEng]

Improves deserialization from the case cache by at least 2x, with fewer GC events.

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• Test behaves as expected in a WebGPU implementation. (If not passing, explain above.)

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[ben-clayton]

Approval with nits

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[ben-clayton]

LGTM