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.