diff --git a/ttnn/CMakeLists.txt b/ttnn/CMakeLists.txt
index 873296beece..df20d1c9a78 100644
--- a/ttnn/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ttnn/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ set(ALL_TTNN_SRCS
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/ttnn/operations/eltwise/unary/unary.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/ttnn/operations/eltwise/unary_backward/unary_backward.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/ttnn/operations/embedding/device/embedding_device_operation.cpp
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/ttnn/operations/embedding/embedding.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/ttnn/operations/embedding_backward/embedding_backward.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/ttnn/operations/embedding_backward/embedding_backward_pybind.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/ttnn/operations/embedding_backward/device/embedding_backward_device_operation.cpp
@@ -371,7 +372,6 @@ set(ALL_TTNN_SRCS
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/ttnn/operations/uniform/uniform_pybind.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/ttnn/operations/uniform/device/uniform_device_operation.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/ttnn/operations/uniform/device/uniform_program_factory.cpp
-
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/ttnn/operations/moreh/moreh_adam/device/moreh_adam_device_operation.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/ttnn/operations/moreh/moreh_adam/device/moreh_adam_program_factory.cpp
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpp/ttnn/operations/moreh/moreh_adam/moreh_adam_pybind.cpp
diff --git a/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/operations/embedding/embedding.cpp b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/operations/embedding/embedding.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc8fc0a3a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/operations/embedding/embedding.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2023 Tenstorrent Inc.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+#include "ttnn/operations/embedding/embedding.hpp"
+#include "ttnn/operations/core/core.hpp"
+#include "ttnn/common/constants.hpp"
+#include "ttnn/operations/embedding/device/embedding_device_operation.hpp"
+#include "ttnn/run_operation.hpp"
+#include "ttnn/operations/data_movement/unsqueeze/unsqueeze.hpp"
+
+namespace ttnn::operations::embedding{
+
+ttnn::Tensor EmbeddingOperation::invoke(
+    uint8_t queue_id,
+    const Tensor& input_tensor_arg,
+    const Tensor& weight_arg,
+    const std::optional<int>& pad_token,
+    const Layout& layout,
+    EmbeddingsType embeddings_type,
+    const std::optional<const DataType> dtype,
+    const std::optional<MemoryConfig>& memory_config,
+    std::optional<Tensor> optional_output_tensor) {
+    if (pad_token.has_value()) {
+        embeddings_type = EmbeddingsType::PADDED;
+    }
+    Tensor mutable_input_tensor = input_tensor_arg;
+    Tensor mutable_weight = weight_arg;
+    if (mutable_input_tensor.get_layout() == ttnn::TILE_LAYOUT) {
+        mutable_input_tensor = ttnn::to_layout(mutable_input_tensor, ttnn::ROW_MAJOR_LAYOUT, std::nullopt, std::nullopt, (Device*)nullptr);
+    }
+    if (mutable_weight.get_layout() == ttnn::TILE_LAYOUT) {
+        mutable_weight = ttnn::to_layout(mutable_weight, ttnn::ROW_MAJOR_LAYOUT, std::nullopt, std::nullopt, (Device*)nullptr);
+    }
+    auto hidden_embedding_dim = mutable_weight.get_shape()[-1];
+    auto padded_hidden_embedding_dim = mutable_weight.get_shape().with_tile_padding()[-1];
+    auto weight = ttnn::unsqueeze_to_4D(mutable_weight);
+
+    auto batch_size = mutable_input_tensor.get_shape()[0];
+    auto sentence_size = mutable_input_tensor.get_shape()[-1];
+    auto input_tensor =
+        ttnn::reshape(mutable_input_tensor, ttnn::Shape{std::array<uint32_t, 4>{batch_size, 1, 1, sentence_size}});
+
+    bool fused_tilized = layout == ttnn::TILE_LAYOUT;
+
+    // If layout is row major, OR if the input tensor is not a multiple of TILE_HEIGHT, then we cannot use tilized
+    if (fused_tilized) {
+        if (input_tensor.get_legacy_shape()[-1] % TILE_HEIGHT != 0
+            || weight.get_legacy_shape()[-1] % TILE_WIDTH != 0) {
+            fused_tilized = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    auto embeddings = operation::run(
+                            Embeddings{
+                                .output_mem_config = memory_config.value_or(input_tensor.memory_config()),
+                                .tilized = fused_tilized,
+                                .embeddings_type = embeddings_type,
+                                .pad_token = pad_token,
+                                .output_dtype = dtype.value_or(weight.get_dtype())},
+                            {input_tensor, weight})
+                            .at(0);
+    embeddings = ttnn::reshape(
+        embeddings, ttnn::Shape{std::array<uint32_t, 3>{batch_size, sentence_size, hidden_embedding_dim}});
+    embeddings = ttnn::to_layout(embeddings, layout, std::nullopt, std::nullopt, (Device*)nullptr);
+    return embeddings;
+}
+ttnn::Tensor EmbeddingOperation::invoke(
+    const Tensor& input_tensor_arg,
+    const Tensor& weight_arg,
+    const std::optional<int>& pad_token,
+    const Layout& layout,
+    EmbeddingsType embeddings_type,
+    const std::optional<const DataType> dtype,
+    const std::optional<MemoryConfig>& memory_config,
+    std::optional<Tensor> optional_output_tensor
+    ) {
+    return invoke(DefaultQueueId, input_tensor_arg, weight_arg, pad_token, layout, embeddings_type, dtype, memory_config, optional_output_tensor);
+}
+
+}  // namespace ttnn::operations::embedding
diff --git a/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/operations/embedding/embedding.hpp b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/operations/embedding/embedding.hpp
index 796df708eaa..248838025e3 100644
--- a/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/operations/embedding/embedding.hpp
+++ b/ttnn/cpp/ttnn/operations/embedding/embedding.hpp
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "ttnn/common/constants.hpp"
 #include "ttnn/operations/embedding/device/embedding_device_operation.hpp"
-#include "ttnn/run_operation.hpp"
 #include "ttnn/decorators.hpp"
-#include "ttnn/operations/core/core.hpp"
 
 namespace ttnn {
 
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@ namespace operations {
 namespace embedding {
 
 struct EmbeddingOperation {
-    static inline Tensor invoke(
+    static ttnn::Tensor invoke(
         uint8_t queue_id,
         const Tensor& input_tensor_arg,
         const Tensor& weight_arg,
@@ -26,47 +23,8 @@ struct EmbeddingOperation {
         EmbeddingsType embeddings_type = EmbeddingsType::GENERIC,
         const std::optional<const DataType> dtype = std::nullopt,
         const std::optional<MemoryConfig>& memory_config = std::nullopt,
-        std::optional<Tensor> optional_output_tensor = std::nullopt) {
-        if (pad_token.has_value()) {
-            embeddings_type = EmbeddingsType::PADDED;
-        }
-        Tensor mutable_input_tensor = input_tensor_arg;
-        Tensor mutable_weight = weight_arg;
-        if (mutable_input_tensor.get_layout() == ttnn::TILE_LAYOUT) {
-            mutable_input_tensor = ttnn::to_layout(mutable_input_tensor, ttnn::ROW_MAJOR_LAYOUT, std::nullopt, std::nullopt, (Device*)nullptr);
-        }
-        if (mutable_weight.get_layout() == ttnn::TILE_LAYOUT) {
-            mutable_weight = ttnn::to_layout(mutable_weight, ttnn::ROW_MAJOR_LAYOUT, std::nullopt, std::nullopt, (Device*)nullptr);
-        }
-        auto hidden_embedding_dim = mutable_weight.get_shape()[-1];
-        auto padded_hidden_embedding_dim = mutable_weight.get_shape().with_tile_padding()[-1];
-        auto weight = ttnn::unsqueeze_to_4D(mutable_weight);
-
-        auto batch_size = mutable_input_tensor.get_shape()[0];
-        auto sentence_size = mutable_input_tensor.get_shape()[-1];
-        auto input_tensor =
-            ttnn::reshape(mutable_input_tensor, ttnn::Shape{std::array<uint32_t, 4>{batch_size, 1, 1, sentence_size}});
-
-        bool fuzed_tilized = layout == ttnn::TILE_LAYOUT;
-
-        // If layout is row major, OR if the input tensor is not a multiple of TILE_HEIGHT, then we cannot use tilized
-        if(!fuzed_tilized || input_tensor.get_legacy_shape()[-1] % TILE_HEIGHT) fuzed_tilized = false;
-        if(!fuzed_tilized || weight.get_legacy_shape()[-1] % TILE_WIDTH) fuzed_tilized = false;
-
-        auto embeddings = operation::run(
-                                Embeddings{
-                                    .output_mem_config = memory_config.value_or(input_tensor.memory_config()),
-                                    .tilized = fuzed_tilized,
-                                    .embeddings_type = embeddings_type,
-                                    .pad_token = pad_token,
-                                    .output_dtype = dtype.value_or(weight.get_dtype())},
-                                {input_tensor, weight})
-                                .at(0);
-        embeddings = ttnn::reshape(
-            embeddings, ttnn::Shape{std::array<uint32_t, 3>{batch_size, sentence_size, hidden_embedding_dim}});
-        return embeddings;
-    }
-    static inline auto invoke(
+        std::optional<Tensor> optional_output_tensor = std::nullopt);
+    static ttnn::Tensor invoke(
         const Tensor& input_tensor_arg,
         const Tensor& weight_arg,
         const std::optional<int>& pad_token = std::nullopt,
@@ -74,10 +32,7 @@ struct EmbeddingOperation {
         EmbeddingsType embeddings_type = EmbeddingsType::GENERIC,
         const std::optional<const DataType> dtype = std::nullopt,
         const std::optional<MemoryConfig>& memory_config = std::nullopt,
-        std::optional<Tensor> optional_output_tensor = std::nullopt
-        ) {
-            return invoke(DefaultQueueId, input_tensor_arg, weight_arg, pad_token, layout, embeddings_type, dtype, memory_config, optional_output_tensor);
-        }
+        std::optional<Tensor> optional_output_tensor = std::nullopt);
 };
 
 }  // namespace embedding