The present invention provides a novel clock frequency divider that accepts an input clock having an input clock frequency and provides an output clock with an effective clock frequency of one of 1/N, 2/N, . . . , (N-1)/N, N/N times the input clock frequency, where N is an integer. The clock frequency divider of the present invention divides the input clock frequency asymmetrically by filtering out one or more of each N pulses on the input clock, as dictated by select signals. For example, in a clock frequency divider having N=8, a first clock output signal filters out one of each eight pulses, retaining seven pulses. Therefore, the effective frequency of the output clock signal is (N-1)/N, or 7/8, times the frequency of input clock signal. Similarly, a second output clock signal retains six of every eight pulses, a third retains five, and so forth.