Share Published 3 months ago: January 8, 2021 at 5:00 am - Filed to:acers first ryzen base chromebook Image: Acer To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. As Chromebooks continue to mature, device makers have also started to incorporate a wider variety of components. This year, Acer is announcing its first AMD Ryzen-based offering in the Chromebook Spin 514. The Acer Chromebook Spin 514 comes with an AMD Ryzen 3000 C-Series processor with Radeon graphics. AMD announced back in September 2020 that it was releasing better processors for Chromebooks, and that’s the Ryzen 3000 C-Series. Until now, there hasn’t been a lot of talk about what Chromebooks would get that processor upgrade, but it’s not surprising that Acer would come out with one. Was only a matter of time!