A method includes, responsive to an application of power to an IC, self-initializing the IC by asserting a reset signal for a reset period. Self-initializing the IC also includes, in response to an expiration of the reset period, deasserting the reset signal. Self-initializing the IC also includes, responsive to deasserting the reset signal, automatically obtaining first temperature data from at least one thermal sensing device associated with a die of the IC, and storing the first temperature data in a storage component of the IC.