Samsung Electronics' preliminary fourth-quarter operating profit missed estimates by a large margin, with the South Korean tech giant hit hard by extra costs as it works towards providing high-end chips to Nvidia .

South Korea's Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday it expected fourth-quarter profits to be sharply down compared with the previous quarter, falling short of expectations as the company struggled to meet robust demand for chips used in artificial intelligence servers.

Samsung Electronics (OTCPK:SSNLF) released an operating profit estimate of about 6.5T won (around $4.47B) for the fourth quarter of 2024, which was seen below analysts' estimates. Shares of the company rose about 3% on the Korea Exchange on Wednesday.