Thermal profiling to validate electronic device authenticity

A system for identifying electronic devices as authentic or counterfeit, the system comprising:

• a thermal profile database having expected thermal profiles for one or more electronic devices under one or more predetermined operating conditions;
• a thermal profile detector operable to detect a thermal profile of an electronic device under test;
• and an authenticity module interfaced with the thermal profile database and the thermal profile detector, the authenticity module operable to compare a thermal profile of the electronic device under test with an expected thermal profile to identify the electronic device as authentic or counterfeit by determining the electronic device as authentic if the thermal profile has the expected thermal profile;
• and determining the electronic device as counterfeit if the thermal profile lacks the expected thermal profile.

A method for identifying one or more components of an electronic device, the method comprising:

• executing instruction on the electronic device;
• measuring a thermal profile for the one or more components;
• comparing the measured thermal profile for the one or more components with expected thermal profiles;
• and identifying the one or more components based upon the comparing;
• wherein comparing the measured thermal profile comprises comparing a component thermal profile with an expected thermal profile of a counterfeit component to identify the component as a counterfeit component.