Thunderbolt and DVI splitter

I have two DVI/VGA monitors I use for work and looking to see if there is a splitter from a thunderbolt port that would let me use these with my Macbook Air.  My Air does support thunderbolt displays just been trying to google such an item and not sure if its possible.
Thanks in advance.

There is this:
<http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/digital_me/>

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