Dual 2560x1440 via thunderbolt/displayport possible?

[bleomycin]

I've googled for a while but i'm coming up short. This seems to be possible with the apple 27" thunderbolt displays, but i would much prefer if some type of adapter exists that will convert a single thunderbolt/displayport output on a new macbook air to drive 2x 2560x1440 displays (dual-link dvi or displayport). Thanks for any help!

 

[ViRGE]

Ideally what you want is called a DisplayPort Multi-Stream Transport Hub (MST), which effectively allows you to multiplex multiple monitors over a single DisplayPort connection. The problem is that MST hubs have been long on promises and short on availability, and even after 2 years they still haven't hit the market. If your goal is to drive two random monitors over a single DisplayPort connection, then this will be your only option.

In lieu of that, a handful of monitors support daisy chaining, which is what Apple is doing. This works, but of course it requires a monitor supports this functionality. Along with the Thunderbolt display, only a handful of monitors support this kind of functionality. The only non-Apple 27" monitor I'm aware of that supports this functionality though is Dell's latest monitor, the U2713H.