An output driver effectively controls the slew rate of an output signal according
to CAS latency information including frequency information of an operating clock
signal or according to frequency information obtained by detecting the frequency
of the operating clock signal. The output driver includes an output terminal, a
pull-up driver which pulls-up the output terminal, and a pull-down driver which
pulls-down the output terminal. Also, the output driver further includes a mode
register set (MRS) which stores CAS latency information of the semiconductor memory
device. Driving capabilities of the pull-up driver and the pull-down driver are
varied in response to the CAS latency information. The output driver may include
a frequency detector which detects and stores the operating frequency of the semiconductor
memory device. In this case, the driving capabilities of the pull-up driver and
the pull-down driver are varied in response to output signals output from the frequency detector.