Two years ago, Tristan Schaap joined Apple's Platform Technologies Group as an intern. During his 12-week stint with the Core OS division, he worked on a project to get a piece of Mac OS X running on an ARM processor, says a report by iMore. Most people were not aware of this project until recently, when the Netherland's Delft University of Technology made Schaap's thesis available to the public. His research report cites several technical issues with the L2 cache, the JTAG bugger and other system components. Apple would need to overcome these hurdles if it wants to deliver an ARM-based version of OS
