Besides operating with the most popular operating systems, CTOOLS also incorporates industry standards in all areas. CTOOLS conforms to ANSI Standard X3.159-1989 and passes the Plum Hall conformance and Perennial test suites. CTOOLS also conforms to the 80960 Application Binary Interface (ABI), enabling object code interoperability with third-party tools and debuggers. Compatibility with known standards makes new users productive immediately, and ensures access to existing
application code.
CTOOLS can be used across all members of the i960 ® microprocessor family.